WalletHub weighed the 50 states and the District of Columbia against several relevant metrics, including wage data, monthly starting salary, hospitals per capita and insured population rate, among others.
Here are the 10 best states for physicians to practice medicine in, with their total score:
- South Dakota — 75.97
- Nebraska — 70.66
- Idaho — 70.64
- Iowa — 70.16
- Minnesota — 69.94
- Wisconsin — 69.84
- Kansas — 68.86
- Montana — 68.01
- North Dakota — 65.19
- Wyoming — 64.88
Here are the 10 worst states and cities to practice medicine in, with their total score:
- New Jersey — 40.24
- Rhode Island — 40.86
- New York — 41.39
- Hawaii — 43.25
- Washington, D.C. — 45.75
- Massachusetts — 46.59
- Oregon — 47.71
- Maryland –47.82
- California — 47.82
- Illinois — 48.86
- Connecticut — 48.94
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