State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Arizona, $116,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 8.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.9%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-4.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $116,820
- p25
- $81,840
- p75
- $136,260
- p10
- $70,430
- p90
- $154,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +5%
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.