State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: New Hampshire vs North Carolina
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In North Carolina, $174,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.2% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.9%
New Hampshire vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11.2%
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%
North Carolina
Physicists
- Median
- $174,180
- p25
- $81,370
- p75
- $209,210
- p10
- $64,050
- p90
- $256,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.