State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Louisiana vs Montana
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In Louisiana, $350,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
-20%
Louisiana vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-14.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $350,920
- p25
- $209,810
- p75
- $419,840
- p10
- $71,980
- p90
- $463,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.