State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Oklahoma
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Oklahoma, $200,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 12.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.7%
Florida vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
-4.3%
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%
Oklahoma
Physicists
- Median
- $200,050
- p25
- $64,510
- p75
- $233,080
- p10
- $61,380
- p90
- $249,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.