State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs North Carolina
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In North Carolina, $174,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 29.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.4%
Florida vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+18%
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%
North Carolina
Physicists
- Median
- $174,180
- p25
- $81,370
- p75
- $209,210
- p10
- $64,050
- p90
- $256,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.