State comparison · 2025
Cardiologists salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Cardiologists in Washington earn a median of $656,330. In Tennessee, $610,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 7%.
Nominal pay gap
-7%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+8.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Cardiologists
- Median
- $610,080
- p25
- $440,070
- p75
- $710,040
- p10
- $178,630
- p90
- $793,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
Washington
Cardiologists
- Median
- $656,330
- p25
- $438,930
- p75
- $737,410
- p10
- $139,820
- p90
- $758,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.