State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Alaska, $104,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.2%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-15.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $104,930
- p25
- $96,760
- p75
- $151,360
- p10
- $78,000
- p90
- $156,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.