State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Louisiana vs New Hampshire
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In Louisiana, $166,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.3%
Louisiana vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-8.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Physicists
- Median
- $166,240
- p25
- $101,870
- p75
- $189,710
- p10
- $85,360
- p90
- $214,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- 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.