State comparison · 2025
Cardiologists salary: Kentucky vs Nebraska
Cardiologists in Nebraska earn a median of $646,300. In Kentucky, $558,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.7% — not 13.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.6%
Kentucky vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
-13.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Cardiologists
- Median
- $558,180
- p25
- $514,540
- p75
- $584,230
- p10
- $216,710
- p90
- $624,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
Nebraska
Cardiologists
- Median
- $646,300
- p25
- $584,330
- p75
- $783,100
- p10
- $216,450
- p90
- $829,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.