The report compared all 50 states and Washington, D.C., across two key dimensions: women’s economic and social well-being and women’s healthcare and safety.
Here is the average annual physician pay in the best and worst states for women based on May 2022 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which excludes anesthesiologists, cardiologists, dermatologists, emergency medicine physicians, family medicine physicians, general internal medicine physicians, neurologists, obstetricians and gynecologists, and pathologists.
Note: There was no data available for New Jersey or Mississippi.
Physician pay in the best states for women
1. Massachusetts: $223,200
2. District of Columbia: $221,800
3. Minnesota: $305,150
4. Vermont: $273,590
5. Maine: $263,430
6. Maryland: $208,470
7. New York: $245,510
8. Hawaii: $257,240
9. New Jersey: N/A
10. Delaware: $229,010
Physician pay in the worst states for women
1. Oklahoma: $223,920
2. Louisiana: $302,970
3. Mississippi: N/A
4. Alabama: $234,260
5. Texas: $274,650
6. Arkansas: $196,120
7. West Virginia: $252,710
8. Wyoming: equal to or greater than $115.00 per hour or $239,200 per year.
9. Georgia: $252,120
10. Missouri: $275,050
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