State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs New York
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In New York, $181,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.3% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.9%
Florida vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+29.3%
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 York
Physicists
- Median
- $181,970
- p25
- $131,600
- p75
- $221,590
- p10
- $80,000
- p90
- $292,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +125%
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.