State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Alabama vs Massachusetts
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Alabama, $68,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.4% — not 46.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.6%
Alabama vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-36.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $68,490
- p25
- $60,950
- p75
- $82,900
- p10
- $51,140
- p90
- $135,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -13%
Massachusetts
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $128,210
- p25
- $97,520
- p75
- $167,940
- p10
- $77,790
- p90
- $208,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.