State comparison · 2025
General Internal Medicine Physicians salary: Rhode Island vs Tennessee
General Internal Medicine Physicians in Rhode Island earn a median of $379,490. In Tennessee, $232,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.8% — not 63.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.4%
Rhode Island vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+46.8%
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%
Tennessee
General Internal Medicine Physicians
- Median
- $232,220
- p25
- $106,590
- p75
- $322,260
- p10
- $64,870
- p90
- $412,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.