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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists pay in Florida and Maryland
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists is $52,750 per year in Florida. It is $107,500 per year in Maryland. Florida is 50.9% below Maryland on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-1023 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 1,400 wage and salary jobs in Florida and 250 in Maryland. 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