Montana, South Dakota & Nebraska Have Best Business Environments For Physicians
Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska have the best overall business environments for physicians, based on rankings of opportunity and competition, and medical environment risk by WalletHub. Hawaii, Rhode Island, and New Jersey ranked lowest. In addition to the business environment, burnout and stress were noted as the biggest issues facing physicians.
Highest & Lowest Rankings For Each Ranking CategoryRanking CategoryHighest Ranked StatesLowest RankedOpportunity & CompetitionMontanaSouth DakotaLouisianaRhode IslandNew JerseyHawaiiMedical EnvironmentNebraskaUtahMontanaIllinoisNew YorkWest Virginia
The Opportunity and Competition category consisted of 11 weighted metrics, including:
Physicians' average annual wage
Physicians' average monthly starting salary
Hospitals per capita
Insured population rate
The Medical Environment . . .
