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State comparison · 2025

Physicists salary: Massachusetts vs New Hampshire

Occupation

Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In Massachusetts, $106,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51% — not 50.3%.

Nominal pay gap
-50.3%
Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-51%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Massachusetts

Physicists

Median
$106,410
p25
$82,070
p75
$170,190
p10
$82,050
p90
$213,150
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
105.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-46%
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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%
See full breakdown for New Hampshire

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.