State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: North Dakota vs Tennessee
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In Tennessee, $301,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55.8% — not 50.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.9%
North Dakota vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+55.8%
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%
Tennessee
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $301,290
- p25
- $181,200
- p75
- $426,850
- p10
- $101,560
- p90
- $503,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.