State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Arizona vs New Hampshire
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In Arizona, $130,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.9% — not 39%.
Nominal pay gap
-39%
Arizona vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-36.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Physicists
- Median
- $130,500
- p25
- $110,430
- p75
- $197,260
- p10
- $102,160
- p90
- $242,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +133%
New Hampshire
Physicists
- Median
- $214,030
- p25
- $145,220
- p75
- $267,600
- p10
- $96,760
- p90
- $301,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.