State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Oklahoma vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Oklahoma, $200,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 5.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.2%
Oklahoma vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+5.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Physicists
- Median
- $200,050
- p25
- $64,510
- p75
- $233,080
- p10
- $61,380
- p90
- $249,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.