State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Oregon vs Pennsylvania
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Oregon, $200,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 5.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.1%
Oregon vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-10.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oregon
Physicists
- Median
- $200,320
- p25
- $148,800
- p75
- $277,840
- p10
- $104,370
- p90
- $315,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- 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.