State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Iowa
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Iowa, $178,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.5%
Florida vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+7.5%
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%
Iowa
Physicists
- Median
- $178,110
- p25
- $104,970
- p75
- $218,520
- p10
- $83,830
- p90
- $292,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.