State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Montana vs Pennsylvania
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In Pennsylvania, $217,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 108.4% — not 101.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+101.9%
Montana vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+108.4%
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%
Pennsylvania
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $217,310
- p25
- $78,710
- p75
- $370,140
- p10
- $70,850
- p90
- $423,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -21%
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.