State comparison · 2025
General Internal Medicine Physicians salary: Rhode Island vs South Carolina
General Internal Medicine Physicians in Rhode Island earn a median of $379,490. In South Carolina, $359,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.3% — not 5.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.6%
Rhode Island vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-3.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
General Internal Medicine Physicians
- Median
- $379,490
- p25
- $231,670
- p75
- $379,490
- p10
- $69,590
- p90
- $425,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +17%
South Carolina
General Internal Medicine Physicians
- Median
- $359,500
- p25
- $219,460
- p75
- $414,270
- p10
- $102,500
- p90
- $441,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.