How much do physicists make in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

What the Physicists median says in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Physicists median in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL at $272,480 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 19-2012 and BLS area 33100.

BLS lists 100 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $245,010 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL's Physicists median is 58.2% above the U.S. Physicists median of $172,250 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 19-2012 with area 33100

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 19-2012 and area 33100. SOC 19-2012 names Physicists. Area 33100 names Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 19-2012/33100 row has 100 wage and salary jobs. There are 0.04 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 0.27. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 19-2012/33100, the annual median is $272,480 per year, while the matching mean is $245,010 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 19-2012/33100 10th percentile: $190,690 per year.
• 19-2012/33100 25th percentile: $190,690 per year.
• 19-2012/33100 median: $272,480 per year.
• 19-2012/33100 75th percentile: $285,400 per year.
• 19-2012/33100 90th percentile: $312,400 per year.
• 19-2012/33100 employment RSE: 39%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.8%.
• 19-2012/33100 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 33100 facts behind this Physicists page

Area 33100 reports 2,819,940 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $67,190. Its annual median is $48,640. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.8%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 19-2012 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL runs from $30,140 at the 10th percentile to $122,530 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,480. The median is $48,640. The 75th percentile is $77,570. This is a place check, not a pay range for Physicists.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 33100. They do not show related skills or a path into Physicists.

• 1. Retail Salespersons. Area: 33100. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 91,370. Yearly median: $34,330. Jobs per 1,000: 32.4. Location quotient: 1.29.
• 2. General and Operations Managers. Area: 33100. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 74,960. Yearly median: $105,640. Jobs per 1,000: 26.58. Location quotient: 1.18.
• 3. Customer Service Representatives. Area: 33100. SOC: 43-4051. Jobs: 63,440. Yearly median: $39,560. Jobs per 1,000: 22.5. Location quotient: 1.35.
• 4. Registered Nurses. Area: 33100. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 61,670. Yearly median: $91,380. Jobs per 1,000: 21.87. Location quotient: 1.01.
• 5. Office Clerks, General. Area: 33100. SOC: 43-9061. Jobs: 61,160. Yearly median: $44,730. Jobs per 1,000: 21.69. Location quotient: 1.37.
• 6. Waiters and Waitresses. Area: 33100. SOC: 35-3031. Jobs: 57,830. Yearly median: $36,070. Jobs per 1,000: 20.51. Location quotient: 1.4.

Read the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL wage ladder for Physicists

The 10th percentile is $190,690 per year. The 25th percentile is $190,690 per year. The median is $272,480 per year. The 75th percentile is $285,400 per year. The 90th percentile is $312,400 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $190,690 per year to $285,400 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $121,710. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL with its state and the U.S.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has a annual median of $272,480 per year. Florida has $225,390 per year. The U.S. row has $172,250 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 20.9% above Florida on the same published median. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 58.2% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL sits for Physicists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL ranks 1 of 60 among metro areas with a published annual median for Physicists. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 1 of 60 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 2. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. The Physicists median is $266,260 per year. BLS estimates 70 jobs. The location quotient is 0.35.
• 3. Cleveland, OH. The Physicists median is $239,360 per year. BLS estimates 240 jobs. The location quotient is 1.75.
• 4. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. The Physicists median is $236,920 per year. BLS estimates Not published jobs. The location quotient is Not published.

Where Physicists medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 19-2012, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has the highest published median in this set, at $272,480 per year. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL sits at $272,480 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Physicists is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has a Physicists median of $272,480 per year, or $0 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 100 jobs there, compared with 100 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.27.
• 2. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL has a Physicists median of $266,260 per year, or $6,220 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 70 jobs there, compared with 100 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.35.
• 3. Cleveland, OH has a Physicists median of $239,360 per year, or $33,120 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 240 jobs there, compared with 100 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 1.75.
• 4. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN has a Physicists median of $236,920 per year, or $35,560 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists Not published jobs there, compared with 100 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is Not published.
• 5. Pittsburgh, PA has a Physicists median of $224,160 per year, or $48,320 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 80 jobs there, compared with 100 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.54.
• 6. Richmond, VA has a Physicists median of $218,290 per year, or $54,190 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 40 jobs there, compared with 100 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.45.
• 7. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has a Physicists median of $199,770 per year, or $72,710 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 140 jobs there, compared with 100 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.31.
• 8. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI has a Physicists median of $199,170 per year, or $73,310 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 140 jobs there, compared with 100 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.56.

Where BLS counts the most Physicists jobs

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has the largest published metro job estimate for Physicists in this same-source set, at 1,520 jobs. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 100. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 1,520 estimated Physicists jobs, a gap of 1,420 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $171,580 per year, or $100,900 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 3.69.
• 2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 1,510 estimated Physicists jobs, a gap of 1,410 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $137,140 per year, or $135,340 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 2.54.
• 3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 1,070 estimated Physicists jobs, a gap of 970 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $181,970 per year, or $90,510 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 0.86.
• 4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has 1,060 estimated Physicists jobs, a gap of 960 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $106,000 per year, or $166,480 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 2.98.
• 5. Boulder, CO has 860 estimated Physicists jobs, a gap of 760 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $104,580 per year, or $167,900 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 33.89.
• 6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 550 estimated Physicists jobs, a gap of 450 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $160,270 per year, or $112,210 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 0.67.
• 7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has 440 estimated Physicists jobs, a gap of 340 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $173,450 per year, or $99,030 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 2.98.
• 8. Albuquerque, NM has 330 estimated Physicists jobs, a gap of 230 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $165,340 per year, or $107,140 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 6.17.

Where Physicists takes the largest share of local jobs

Boulder, CO has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 33.89. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 0.27. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Physicists is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Boulder, CO has a location quotient of 33.89, a gap of 33.62 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 860 Physicists jobs and a median of $104,580 per year, or $167,900 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 2. Lansing-East Lansing, MI has a location quotient of 8.11, a gap of 7.84 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 230 Physicists jobs and a median of $71,580 per year, or $200,900 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 3. Albuquerque, NM has a location quotient of 6.17, a gap of 5.90 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 330 Physicists jobs and a median of $165,340 per year, or $107,140 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 4. Huntsville, AL has a location quotient of 5.18, a gap of 4.91 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 180 Physicists jobs and a median of $149,990 per year, or $122,490 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 5. Lexington Park, MD has a location quotient of 4.41, a gap of 4.14 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 40 Physicists jobs and a median of $132,770 per year, or $139,710 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has a location quotient of 3.69, a gap of 3.42 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,520 Physicists jobs and a median of $171,580 per year, or $100,900 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 7. Charlottesville, VA has a location quotient of 3.62, a gap of 3.35 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 50 Physicists jobs and a median of $148,950 per year, or $123,530 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 8. Las Cruces, NM has a location quotient of 3.14, a gap of 2.87 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 30 Physicists jobs and a median of $112,400 per year, or $160,080 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.

How common Physicists is in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

BLS lists 100 Physicists jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. It also lists 0.04 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 0.27. A value of 1 means Physicists has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Physicists beside other roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

The all-occupations median in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is $48,640 per year. The Physicists median is $272,480 per year. Physicists is 460.2% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Physicists. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Lawyers, SOC 23-1011, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $160,320 per year. BLS lists 23,270 jobs and a location quotient of 1.7.
• 2. General and Operations Managers, SOC 11-1021, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $105,640 per year. BLS lists 74,960 jobs and a location quotient of 1.18.
• 3. Registered Nurses, SOC 29-1141, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $91,380 per year. BLS lists 61,670 jobs and a location quotient of 1.01.
• 4. Accountants and Auditors, SOC 13-2011, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $80,920 per year. BLS lists 30,950 jobs and a location quotient of 1.18.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, SOC 43-1011, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $67,550 per year. BLS lists 26,510 jobs and a location quotient of 1.02.
• 6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, SOC 41-4012, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $62,400 per year. BLS lists 30,740 jobs and a location quotient of 1.37.
• 7. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, SOC 41-3091, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $62,090 per year. BLS lists 30,300 jobs and a location quotient of 1.33.
• 8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $51,580 per year. BLS lists 29,060 jobs and a location quotient of 0.78.

The largest detailed roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL table, at 91,370 jobs. Physicists has 100 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 2,819,940. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Physicists's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Retail Salespersons has 91,370 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 91,270 from Physicists. Its median is $34,330 per year, or $238,150 below Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.29.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has 74,960 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 74,860 from Physicists. Its median is $105,640 per year, or $166,840 below Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 3. Customer Service Representatives has 63,440 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 63,340 from Physicists. Its median is $39,560 per year, or $232,920 below Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.35.
• 4. Registered Nurses has 61,670 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 61,570 from Physicists. Its median is $91,380 per year, or $181,100 below Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.01.
• 5. Office Clerks, General has 61,160 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 61,060 from Physicists. Its median is $44,730 per year, or $227,750 below Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.37.
• 6. Waiters and Waitresses has 57,830 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 57,730 from Physicists. Its median is $36,070 per year, or $236,410 below Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.4.
• 7. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 56,900 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 56,800 from Physicists. Its median is $29,600 per year, or $242,880 below Physicists. Its location quotient is 0.81.
• 8. Cashiers has 56,340 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 56,240 from Physicists. Its median is $30,250 per year, or $242,230 below Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.01.

Published role medians around Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Lawyers has the highest published median in the bounded Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL role table, at $160,320 per year. Physicists has $272,480 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $48,640 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. Lawyers has a median of $160,320 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $112,160 below Physicists. BLS lists 23,270 jobs, compared with 100 for Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.7.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $105,640 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $166,840 below Physicists. BLS lists 74,960 jobs, compared with 100 for Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 3. Registered Nurses has a median of $91,380 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $181,100 below Physicists. BLS lists 61,670 jobs, compared with 100 for Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.01.
• 4. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $80,920 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $191,560 below Physicists. BLS lists 30,950 jobs, compared with 100 for Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $67,550 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $204,930 below Physicists. BLS lists 26,510 jobs, compared with 100 for Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $62,400 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $210,080 below Physicists. BLS lists 30,740 jobs, compared with 100 for Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.37.
• 7. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a median of $62,090 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $210,390 below Physicists. BLS lists 30,300 jobs, compared with 100 for Physicists. Its location quotient is 1.33.
• 8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $51,580 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $220,900 below Physicists. BLS lists 29,060 jobs, compared with 100 for Physicists. Its location quotient is 0.78.

Roles with the largest local share in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Security Guards has the highest location quotient in the bounded Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL role table, at 1.78. Physicists has 0.27. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Physicists with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Security Guards has a location quotient of 1.78 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 1.51 from Physicists. BLS lists 41,530 jobs and a median of $36,040 per year, or $236,440 below Physicists.
• 2. Lawyers has a location quotient of 1.7 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 1.43 from Physicists. BLS lists 23,270 jobs and a median of $160,320 per year, or $112,160 below Physicists.
• 3. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 1.55 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 1.28 from Physicists. BLS lists 27,020 jobs and a median of $45,060 per year, or $227,420 below Physicists.
• 4. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.46 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 1.19 from Physicists. BLS lists 37,210 jobs and a median of $36,920 per year, or $235,560 below Physicists.
• 5. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has a location quotient of 1.43 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 1.16 from Physicists. BLS lists 22,370 jobs and a median of $34,360 per year, or $238,120 below Physicists.
• 6. Waiters and Waitresses has a location quotient of 1.4 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 1.13 from Physicists. BLS lists 57,830 jobs and a median of $36,070 per year, or $236,410 below Physicists.
• 7. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.37 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 1.10 from Physicists. BLS lists 61,160 jobs and a median of $44,730 per year, or $227,750 below Physicists.
• 8. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a location quotient of 1.37 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 1.10 from Physicists. BLS lists 30,740 jobs and a median of $62,400 per year, or $210,080 below Physicists.

What $272,480 may mean after the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 114.2. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 14.2% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $272,480 Physicists median by 114.2 divided by 100. The result is $238,693 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 155.6. Goods are 103.6. Utilities are 97.2. Other services are 109.1. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL row

The employment RSE for this Physicists row is 39%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.8%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 100 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $245,010 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Physicists. It uses a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $272,480 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Physicists row for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 100 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.27 is not a growth score. Rank 1 of 60 is not a place score. The 114.2 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 19-2012 in BLS area 33100. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.