State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Indiana vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Indiana, $105,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.5% — not 49.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.8%
Indiana vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-47.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Physicists
- Median
- $105,940
- p25
- $96,720
- p75
- $163,320
- p10
- $64,000
- p90
- $220,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.