State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In New York, $181,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 13.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.8%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-22%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Physicists
- Median
- $181,970
- p25
- $131,600
- p75
- $221,590
- p10
- $80,000
- p90
- $292,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +125%
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.