State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Rhode Island
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Rhode Island, $155,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.7% — not 45.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.3%
Florida vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+43.7%
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%
Rhode Island
Physicists
- Median
- $155,150
- p25
- $111,240
- p75
- $187,080
- p10
- $86,340
- p90
- $298,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- 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.