State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Louisiana vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Louisiana, $166,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.2%
Louisiana vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-12.8%
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%
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.