State comparison · 2025
Cardiologists salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Cardiologists in Washington earn a median of $656,330. In Nebraska, $646,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 1.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.5%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+16.9%
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
Washington
Cardiologists
- Median
- $656,330
- p25
- $438,930
- p75
- $737,410
- p10
- $139,820
- p90
- $758,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.