State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Georgia vs Massachusetts
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Georgia, $92,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.9%
Georgia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-20.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $92,450
- p25
- $76,630
- p75
- $126,880
- p10
- $61,640
- p90
- $208,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +32%
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.