State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Montana vs New Hampshire
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In Montana, $103,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.6% — not 51.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.5%
Montana vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-46.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Physicists
- Median
- $103,800
- p25
- $74,710
- p75
- $139,140
- p10
- $53,500
- p90
- $237,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.