State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: District of Columbia vs New Hampshire
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In District of Columbia, $157,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 26.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.6%
District of Columbia vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-30.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Physicists
- Median
- $157,040
- p25
- $123,090
- p75
- $195,190
- p10
- $86,820
- p90
- $202,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- 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.