State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Kentucky vs North Dakota
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In Kentucky, $327,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.9% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
-28%
Kentucky vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-28.9%
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%
North Dakota
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $454,550
- p25
- $287,540
- p75
- $564,000
- p10
- $136,980
- p90
- $564,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.