State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Connecticut vs Florida
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Connecticut, $180,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.2% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
-20%
Connecticut vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
-20.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Physicists
- Median
- $180,300
- p25
- $148,460
- p75
- $269,440
- p10
- $104,750
- p90
- $303,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.