State comparison · 2024
Medical Scientists salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Colorado, $76,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.6% — not 40.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.1%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-38.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $76,770
- p25
- $61,010
- p75
- $98,760
- p10
- $51,470
- p90
- $147,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +7%
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 2024. 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.