State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Iowa vs New Hampshire
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In Iowa, $178,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.2% — not 16.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.8%
Iowa vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-1.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Physicists
- Median
- $178,110
- p25
- $104,970
- p75
- $218,520
- p10
- $83,830
- p90
- $292,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.