State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Nevada vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Nevada, $154,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.7% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
-27%
Nevada vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-28.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nevada
Physicists
- Median
- $154,030
- p25
- $107,530
- p75
- $165,110
- p10
- $102,580
- p90
- $220,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.