State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Idaho vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Idaho, $135,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.5% — not 35.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.9%
Idaho vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-34.5%
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
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.