State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: New Jersey vs North Dakota
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In New Jersey, $285,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.7% — not 37.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.3%
New Jersey vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-48.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $285,010
- p25
- $115,930
- p75
- $361,100
- p10
- $75,590
- p90
- $430,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
North Dakota
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $454,550
- p25
- $287,540
- p75
- $564,000
- p10
- $136,980
- p90
- $564,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.