State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: North Dakota vs South Carolina
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In South Carolina, $274,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 74.3% — not 65.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+65.6%
North Dakota vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+74.3%
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%
South Carolina
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $274,480
- p25
- $163,900
- p75
- $427,760
- p10
- $66,320
- p90
- $501,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.