State comparison · 2025
Cardiologists salary: Nebraska vs Tennessee
Cardiologists in Nebraska earn a median of $646,300. In Tennessee, $610,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.1% — not 5.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.9%
Nebraska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+8.1%
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
Tennessee
Cardiologists
- Median
- $610,080
- p25
- $440,070
- p75
- $710,040
- p10
- $178,630
- p90
- $793,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.