State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Idaho vs New Hampshire
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In Idaho, $135,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.1% — not 36.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.9%
Idaho vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-31.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Physicists
- Median
- $135,150
- p25
- $108,480
- p75
- $175,150
- p10
- $85,110
- p90
- $199,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.