State comparison · 2025
Epidemiologists salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Epidemiologists in Massachusetts earn a median of $115,890. In Colorado, $73,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.7% — not 36.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.4%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-34.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $73,750
- p25
- $68,830
- p75
- $82,040
- p10
- $63,440
- p90
- $100,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
Massachusetts
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $115,890
- p25
- $93,870
- p75
- $154,840
- p10
- $81,380
- p90
- $212,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -13%
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.