State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Massachusetts vs North Dakota
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In Massachusetts, $236,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56.2% — not 48%.
Nominal pay gap
-48%
Massachusetts vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-56.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $236,580
- p25
- $85,550
- p75
- $384,490
- p10
- $77,630
- p90
- $431,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -6%
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.