State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Maine vs South Carolina
Physicians, All Other in Maine earn a median of $419,410. In South Carolina, $274,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.5% — not 52.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.8%
Maine vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+47.5%
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%
South Carolina
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $274,480
- p25
- $163,900
- p75
- $427,760
- p10
- $66,320
- p90
- $501,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.