State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Idaho vs Massachusetts
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Idaho, $83,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.3% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.3%
Idaho vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-28.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $83,010
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $102,740
- p10
- $59,680
- p90
- $288,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.