State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Georgia
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Georgia, $144,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.9% — not 55.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.6%
Florida vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+44.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Georgia
Physicists
- Median
- $144,870
- p25
- $106,870
- p75
- $240,030
- p10
- $79,860
- p90
- $288,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.