State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Montana vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Montana, $103,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.2% — not 50.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.8%
Montana vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-49.2%
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
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.