State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Montana vs Wisconsin
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In Wisconsin, $391,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 12%.
Nominal pay gap
+12%
Montana vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
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%
Wisconsin
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $391,740
- p25
- $280,990
- p75
- $448,470
- p10
- $201,050
- p90
- $478,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.