State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Mississippi vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Mississippi, $129,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.9% — not 38.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.4%
Mississippi vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-30.9%
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%
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.