State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Ohio
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Ohio, $162,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.2% — not 38.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.4%
Florida vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+24.2%
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%
Ohio
Physicists
- Median
- $162,900
- p25
- $118,060
- p75
- $239,360
- p10
- $64,860
- p90
- $239,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.