State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: New Hampshire vs Ohio
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In Ohio, $162,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17% — not 31.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.4%
New Hampshire vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+17%
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%
Ohio
Physicists
- Median
- $162,900
- p25
- $118,060
- p75
- $239,360
- p10
- $64,860
- p90
- $239,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.