State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Maine vs Tennessee
Physicians, All Other in Maine earn a median of $419,410. In Tennessee, $301,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.7% — not 39.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.2%
Maine vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+31.7%
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%
Tennessee
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $301,290
- p25
- $181,200
- p75
- $426,850
- p10
- $101,560
- p90
- $503,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.