State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Missouri
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Missouri, $140,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.9% — not 60.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.5%
Florida vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+40.9%
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%
Missouri
Physicists
- Median
- $140,460
- p25
- $96,720
- p75
- $227,810
- p10
- $70,550
- p90
- $276,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- 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.