State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Arizona vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Arizona, $130,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.1% — not 38.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.1%
Arizona vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-40.1%
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%
Pennsylvania
Physicists
- Median
- $210,990
- p25
- $150,950
- p75
- $231,190
- p10
- $88,300
- p90
- $261,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +73%
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.