State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs New Jersey
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In New Jersey, $163,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.3% — not 38%.
Nominal pay gap
+38%
Florida vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+45.3%
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%
New Jersey
Physicists
- Median
- $163,270
- p25
- $120,820
- p75
- $222,140
- p10
- $100,490
- p90
- $289,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -15%
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.