State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: California vs Florida
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In California, $207,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 7.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.9%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
-14%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Physicists
- Median
- $207,490
- p25
- $173,450
- p75
- $222,760
- p10
- $125,390
- p90
- $296,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- 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.