State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Maine vs Mississippi
Physicians, All Other in Maine earn a median of $419,410. In Mississippi, $228,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 64.7% — not 83.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+83.8%
Maine vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+64.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $419,410
- p25
- $312,930
- p75
- $442,790
- p10
- $211,500
- p90
- $442,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
Mississippi
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $228,130
- p25
- $61,960
- p75
- $359,250
- p10
- $61,960
- p90
- $455,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.