State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs New Mexico
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In New Mexico, $165,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.6% — not 36.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.3%
Florida vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+21.6%
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 Mexico
Physicists
- Median
- $165,340
- p25
- $160,090
- p75
- $203,210
- p10
- $120,720
- p90
- $235,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.