State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Nevada
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Nevada, $154,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.5% — not 46.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.3%
Florida vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+41.5%
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%
Nevada
Physicists
- Median
- $154,030
- p25
- $107,530
- p75
- $165,110
- p10
- $102,580
- p90
- $220,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.