State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Kentucky vs Montana
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In Kentucky, $327,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.8% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.4%
Kentucky vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-21.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $327,390
- p25
- $218,540
- p75
- $452,650
- p10
- $120,640
- p90
- $549,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +24%
Montana
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $438,850
- p25
- $326,580
- p75
- $438,850
- p10
- $236,960
- p90
- $442,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.