State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: North Dakota vs Rhode Island
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In Rhode Island, $228,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 128.6% — not 98.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+98.8%
North Dakota vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+128.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Rhode Island
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $228,590
- p25
- $169,860
- p75
- $320,690
- p10
- $80,130
- p90
- $357,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.