State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Connecticut vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Connecticut, $180,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 14.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.5%
Connecticut vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-19.5%
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%
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.