State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Montana
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Montana, $103,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 98.7% — not 117.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+117.1%
Florida vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+98.7%
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%
Montana
Physicists
- Median
- $103,800
- p25
- $74,710
- p75
- $139,140
- p10
- $53,500
- p90
- $237,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.