State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: New Mexico vs North Dakota
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In New Mexico, $327,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.9%
New Mexico vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-30.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $327,670
- p25
- $228,720
- p75
- $397,140
- p10
- $135,220
- p90
- $449,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +117%
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.