State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Tennessee
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Tennessee, $165,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 36.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.6%
Florida vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+21.4%
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%
Tennessee
Physicists
- Median
- $165,010
- p25
- $107,700
- p75
- $236,920
- p10
- $88,610
- p90
- $239,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.