State comparison · 2025
Cardiologists salary: Nebraska vs New Jersey
Cardiologists in Nebraska earn a median of $646,300. In New Jersey, $286,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 172.4% — not 125.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+125.6%
Nebraska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+172.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Cardiologists
- Median
- $646,300
- p25
- $584,330
- p75
- $783,100
- p10
- $216,450
- p90
- $829,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
New Jersey
Cardiologists
- Median
- $286,540
- p25
- $103,850
- p75
- $514,010
- p10
- $35,000
- p90
- $613,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.