State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs South Carolina
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In South Carolina, $138,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.6% — not 62.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.9%
Florida vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+47.6%
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%
South Carolina
Physicists
- Median
- $138,400
- p25
- $110,600
- p75
- $172,350
- p10
- $106,510
- p90
- $228,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.