State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: California vs Maine
Medical Scientists in California earn a median of $136,990. In Maine, $93,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.2% — not 46.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.2%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+28.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $136,990
- p25
- $109,570
- p75
- $162,020
- p10
- $81,320
- p90
- $180,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
Maine
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $93,730
- p25
- $73,860
- p75
- $185,940
- p10
- $62,970
- p90
- $216,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.