State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Mississippi vs Montana
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In Mississippi, $228,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.5% — not 48%.
Nominal pay gap
-48%
Mississippi vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-43.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $228,130
- p25
- $61,960
- p75
- $359,250
- p10
- $61,960
- p90
- $455,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.