State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Indiana vs Massachusetts
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Indiana, $81,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.3% — not 36.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.7%
Indiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-28.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $81,110
- p25
- $68,540
- p75
- $110,460
- p10
- $63,510
- p90
- $151,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -16%
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.