State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Montana vs North Carolina
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In North Carolina, $260,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 68% — not 68.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.6%
Montana vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+68%
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%
North Carolina
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $260,330
- p25
- $77,810
- p75
- $361,250
- p10
- $66,740
- p90
- $424,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -66%
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.