State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Minnesota
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Minnesota, $171,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 31.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.6%
Florida vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+25.5%
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%
Minnesota
Physicists
- Median
- $171,220
- p25
- $152,410
- p75
- $284,820
- p10
- $131,870
- p90
- $336,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.