State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Maryland
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Maryland, $174,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.2% — not 29.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.2%
Florida vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+31.2%
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%
Maryland
Physicists
- Median
- $174,390
- p25
- $132,560
- p75
- $195,190
- p10
- $105,560
- p90
- $219,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +17%
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.