State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Connecticut vs New Hampshire
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In Connecticut, $180,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 15.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.8%
Connecticut vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-15.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Physicists
- Median
- $180,300
- p25
- $148,460
- p75
- $269,440
- p10
- $104,750
- p90
- $303,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.