State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Kentucky vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Kentucky, $180,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 14.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.3%
Kentucky vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-7.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Physicists
- Median
- $180,910
- p25
- $120,100
- p75
- $232,170
- p10
- $65,860
- p90
- $282,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.