State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Maryland vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Maryland, $174,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.2% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.3%
Maryland vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-23.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Physicists
- Median
- $174,390
- p25
- $132,560
- p75
- $195,190
- p10
- $105,560
- p90
- $219,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +17%
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.