State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Minnesota vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Minnesota, $171,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.7% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.8%
Minnesota vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-19.7%
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%
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.