State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Montana vs Tennessee
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In Tennessee, $301,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.5% — not 45.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.7%
Montana vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+41.5%
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%
Tennessee
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $301,290
- p25
- $181,200
- p75
- $426,850
- p10
- $101,560
- p90
- $503,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.