State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Utah
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Utah, $156,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.5% — not 43.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.8%
Florida vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+37.5%
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%
Utah
Physicists
- Median
- $156,760
- p25
- $119,860
- p75
- $229,490
- p10
- $64,090
- p90
- $258,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.