State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Massachusetts
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Massachusetts, $106,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 116.7% — not 111.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+111.8%
Florida vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+116.7%
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%
Massachusetts
Physicists
- Median
- $106,410
- p25
- $82,070
- p75
- $170,190
- p10
- $82,050
- p90
- $213,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.