State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Illinois
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Illinois, $137,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.9% — not 64.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.4%
Florida vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+58.9%
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%
Illinois
Physicists
- Median
- $137,140
- p25
- $82,110
- p75
- $175,510
- p10
- $81,830
- p90
- $221,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.