State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Maine vs North Dakota
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In Maine, $419,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 7.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.7%
Maine vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-15.4%
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%
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.