State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: California vs Florida
Nuclear Engineers in California earn a median of $172,400. In Florida, $135,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.9% — not 27.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.3%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+18.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $172,400
- p25
- $135,400
- p75
- $176,390
- p10
- $109,990
- p90
- $207,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
Florida
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $135,400
- p25
- $110,810
- p75
- $160,990
- p10
- $90,000
- p90
- $188,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.