State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Pennsylvania vs Wisconsin
Physicists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $210,990. In Wisconsin, $173,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.9%
Pennsylvania vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+17.5%
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%
Wisconsin
Physicists
- Median
- $173,120
- p25
- $120,440
- p75
- $237,320
- p10
- $89,310
- p90
- $291,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +125%
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.