State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Michigan vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Michigan, $94,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.5% — not 55.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-55.2%
Michigan vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-54.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Physicists
- Median
- $94,520
- p25
- $71,580
- p75
- $199,170
- p10
- $64,380
- p90
- $248,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +71%
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.