State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Virginia
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Virginia, $145,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.9% — not 55.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.4%
Florida vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+51.9%
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%
Virginia
Physicists
- Median
- $145,040
- p25
- $112,570
- p75
- $195,190
- p10
- $97,720
- p90
- $238,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -12%
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.