State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: North Dakota vs Virginia
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In Virginia, $278,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 85.4% — not 63.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.2%
North Dakota vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+85.4%
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%
Virginia
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $278,530
- p25
- $183,190
- p75
- $350,550
- p10
- $103,490
- p90
- $417,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.