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Biochemists and Biophysicists pay in Jacksonville, FL and Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Biochemists and Biophysicists is $174,880 per year in Jacksonville, FL. It is $135,320 per year in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT. Jacksonville, FL is 29.2% above Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-1021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Jacksonville, FL and 150 in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings