State comparison · 2025
Cardiologists salary: Washington vs Wisconsin
Cardiologists in Washington earn a median of $656,330. In Wisconsin, $636,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 3.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.1%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
-9.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Wisconsin
Cardiologists
- Median
- $636,580
- p25
- $509,010
- p75
- $666,880
- p10
- $94,340
- p90
- $666,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- 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.