State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Connecticut vs Massachusetts
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Connecticut, $116,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.8% — not 8.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.8%
Connecticut vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-6.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $116,990
- p25
- $85,070
- p75
- $140,420
- p10
- $68,160
- p90
- $187,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.