State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Indiana
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Indiana, $105,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 92% — not 112.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+112.8%
Florida vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+92%
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%
Indiana
Physicists
- Median
- $105,940
- p25
- $96,720
- p75
- $163,320
- p10
- $64,000
- p90
- $220,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.