State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In New Jersey, $163,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.6% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.6%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-30.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Physicists
- Median
- $163,270
- p25
- $120,820
- p75
- $222,140
- p10
- $100,490
- p90
- $289,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -15%
Pennsylvania
Physicists
- Median
- $210,990
- p25
- $150,950
- p75
- $231,190
- p10
- $88,300
- p90
- $261,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +73%
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.