State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Arkansas vs Florida
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Arkansas, $135,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.3% — not 39.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.7%
Arkansas vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
-28.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Physicists
- Median
- $135,820
- p25
- $110,390
- p75
- $175,050
- p10
- $110,390
- p90
- $214,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.