State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: New Hampshire vs New Mexico
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In New Mexico, $165,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 29.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.4%
New Hampshire vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
New Mexico
Physicists
- Median
- $165,340
- p25
- $160,090
- p75
- $203,210
- p10
- $120,720
- p90
- $235,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.