State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Minnesota vs New Hampshire
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In Minnesota, $171,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
-20%
Minnesota vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-15.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Physicists
- Median
- $171,220
- p25
- $152,410
- p75
- $284,820
- p10
- $131,870
- p90
- $336,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.