State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Arkansas vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Arkansas, $135,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.7% — not 35.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.6%
Arkansas vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-27.7%
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
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.