State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Pennsylvania vs Rhode Island
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Rhode Island, $155,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.5% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
+36%
Pennsylvania vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+42.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Rhode Island
Physicists
- Median
- $155,150
- p25
- $111,240
- p75
- $187,080
- p10
- $86,340
- p90
- $298,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.