State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: New Hampshire vs Utah
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In Utah, $156,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.6% — not 36.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.5%
New Hampshire vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+29.6%
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%
Utah
Physicists
- Median
- $156,760
- p25
- $119,860
- p75
- $229,490
- p10
- $64,090
- p90
- $258,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.