State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs South Dakota
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In South Dakota, $83,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 132.5% — not 171.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+171.4%
Florida vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+132.5%
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 Dakota
Physicists
- Median
- $83,050
- p25
- $66,170
- p75
- $134,300
- p10
- $53,910
- p90
- $180,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- 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.