State comparison · 2025
Physicists salary: Florida vs Wisconsin
Physicists in Florida earn a median of $225,390. In Wisconsin, $173,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.5% — not 30.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.2%
Florida vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+18.5%
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%
Wisconsin
Physicists
- Median
- $173,120
- p25
- $120,440
- p75
- $237,320
- p10
- $89,310
- p90
- $291,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +125%
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.