State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Pennsylvania vs Utah
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Utah, $156,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.4% — not 34.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.6%
Pennsylvania vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+36.4%
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%
Utah
Physicists
- Median
- $156,760
- p25
- $119,860
- p75
- $229,490
- p10
- $64,090
- p90
- $258,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.