State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: New Hampshire vs Wisconsin
Physicists in New Hampshire earn a median of $214,030. In Wisconsin, $173,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.6%
New Hampshire vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+11.6%
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%
Wisconsin
Physicists
- Median
- $173,120
- p25
- $120,440
- p75
- $237,320
- p10
- $89,310
- p90
- $291,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +125%
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.