State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Arizona vs Florida
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Arizona, $130,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.5% — not 42.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.1%
Arizona vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
-40.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Physicists
- Median
- $130,500
- p25
- $110,430
- p75
- $197,260
- p10
- $102,160
- p90
- $242,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +133%
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.