State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: California vs New Hampshire
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In California, $207,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 3.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.1%
California vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-8.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Physicists
- Median
- $207,490
- p25
- $173,450
- p75
- $222,760
- p10
- $125,390
- p90
- $296,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.