State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Arkansas vs New Hampshire
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In Arkansas, $135,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.9% — not 36.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.5%
Arkansas vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-23.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Physicists
- Median
- $135,820
- p25
- $110,390
- p75
- $175,050
- p10
- $110,390
- p90
- $214,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.