State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Montana vs Virginia
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In Virginia, $278,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 68.4% — not 57.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.6%
Montana vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+68.4%
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%
Virginia
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $278,530
- p25
- $183,190
- p75
- $350,550
- p10
- $103,490
- p90
- $417,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.