State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Minnesota vs Montana
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In Minnesota, $367,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.7% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.3%
Minnesota vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-19.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $367,320
- p25
- $214,230
- p75
- $392,360
- p10
- $75,280
- p90
- $468,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -15%
Montana
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $438,850
- p25
- $326,580
- p75
- $438,850
- p10
- $236,960
- p90
- $442,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.