State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Montana vs South Carolina
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In South Carolina, $274,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.4% — not 59.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.9%
Montana vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+58.4%
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%
South Carolina
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $274,480
- p25
- $163,900
- p75
- $427,760
- p10
- $66,320
- p90
- $501,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.