State comparison · 2025
General Internal Medicine Physicians salary: Rhode Island vs South Dakota
General Internal Medicine Physicians in Rhode Island earn a median of $379,490. In South Dakota, $280,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.3%
Rhode Island vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+17.2%
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 Dakota
General Internal Medicine Physicians
- Median
- $280,520
- p25
- $251,730
- p75
- $390,220
- p10
- $222,550
- p90
- $564,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.