State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Montana vs New York
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In New York, $242,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 106.4% — not 81%.
Nominal pay gap
+81%
Montana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+106.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
New York
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $242,500
- p25
- $122,260
- p75
- $352,190
- p10
- $86,250
- p90
- $414,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.