State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Colorado vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Colorado, $104,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.1% — not 50.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.4%
Colorado vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-53.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Physicists
- Median
- $104,580
- p25
- $82,340
- p75
- $168,240
- p10
- $82,340
- p90
- $210,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.