State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Mississippi
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Mississippi, $129,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.9% — not 73.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+73.4%
Florida vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+45.9%
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%
Mississippi
Physicists
- Median
- $129,970
- p25
- $68,220
- p75
- $160,320
- p10
- $64,980
- p90
- $219,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.