State comparison · 2025
Cardiologists salary: Nebraska vs Rhode Island
Cardiologists in Nebraska earn a median of $646,300. In Rhode Island, $395,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 85.5% — not 63.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.4%
Nebraska vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+85.5%
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
Rhode Island
Cardiologists
- Median
- $395,610
- p25
- $238,950
- p75
- $395,610
- p10
- $136,140
- p90
- $442,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.