State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Mississippi vs New Hampshire
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In Mississippi, $129,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.3% — not 39.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.3%
Mississippi vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-27.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Physicists
- Median
- $129,970
- p25
- $68,220
- p75
- $160,320
- p10
- $64,980
- p90
- $219,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.