State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Alabama vs Florida
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Alabama, $139,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28% — not 38.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.2%
Alabama vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
-28%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Physicists
- Median
- $139,330
- p25
- $103,570
- p75
- $195,190
- p10
- $74,290
- p90
- $227,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Florida
Physicists
- Median
- $225,390
- p25
- $153,980
- p75
- $285,400
- p10
- $113,240
- p90
- $308,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -22%
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.