State comparison · 2025
Cardiologists salary: Missouri vs Tennessee
Cardiologists in Missouri earn a median of $648,070. In Tennessee, $610,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 6.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.2%
Missouri vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+7.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Cardiologists
- Median
- $648,070
- p25
- $142,320
- p75
- $791,930
- p10
- $100,920
- p90
- $791,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
Tennessee
Cardiologists
- Median
- $610,080
- p25
- $440,070
- p75
- $710,040
- p10
- $178,630
- p90
- $793,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.