State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Texas
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Texas, $184,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.5%
Florida vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+15%
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%
Texas
Physicists
- Median
- $184,040
- p25
- $95,530
- p75
- $253,070
- p10
- $69,960
- p90
- $289,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.