State comparison · 2025
Pediatricians, General salary: Kentucky vs Louisiana
Pediatricians, General in Louisiana earn a median of $502,720. In Kentucky, $175,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 65.8% — not 65.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-65.1%
Kentucky vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-65.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Pediatricians, General
- Median
- $175,690
- p25
- $130,250
- p75
- $246,380
- p10
- $65,160
- p90
- $338,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
Louisiana
Pediatricians, General
- Median
- $502,720
- p25
- $203,880
- p75
- $502,720
- p10
- $161,820
- p90
- $555,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.