State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Idaho
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Idaho, $135,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54% — not 66.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+66.8%
Florida vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+54%
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%
Idaho
Physicists
- Median
- $135,150
- p25
- $108,480
- p75
- $175,150
- p10
- $85,110
- p90
- $199,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.