With National Doctors’ Day coming up on March 30, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst States for Doctors.

To identify the best states for those in the business of saving lives, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 16 key metrics. The data set ranges from average annual wage of physicians to hospitals per capita to quality of public hospital system.

Best States for Doctors Worst States for Doctors
1 South Dakota 42 Illinois
2 Nebraska 43 California
3 Idaho 44 Maryland
4 Iowa 45 Oregon
5 Minnesota 46 Massachusetts
6 Wisconsin 47 District of Columbia
7 Kansas 48 Hawaii
8 Montana 49 New York
9 North Dakota 50 Rhode Island
10 Wyoming 51 New Jersey

Best vs. Worst:

  • Oklahoma has the highest average annual wage for surgeons (adjusted for cost of living), $317,825, which is 2.8 times higher than in the District of Columbia, the lowest at $113,603.
  • The District of Columbia has the highest number of physicians per 1,000 residents, 8.24, which is 6.9 times higher than in Nevada, the lowest at 1.20.
  • Florida has the highest projected share of the population aged 65 and older by 2030, 27.08 percent, which is two times higher than in Utah, the lowest at 13.21 percent.
  • Nebraska has the lowest annual malpractice liability insurance rate, $4,977, which is 8.2 times lower than in New York, the highest at $40,826.

To view the full report and your state or the District’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-states-for-doctors/11376/

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