State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Louisiana
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Louisiana, $166,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 35.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.6%
Florida vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+15.7%
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%
Louisiana
Physicists
- Median
- $166,240
- p25
- $101,870
- p75
- $189,710
- p10
- $85,360
- p90
- $214,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- 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.