State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Montana vs West Virginia
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In West Virginia, $258,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.9% — not 70.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+70.1%
Montana vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+60.9%
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%
West Virginia
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $258,020
- p25
- $63,950
- p75
- $326,230
- p10
- $59,160
- p90
- $374,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
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.