State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Iowa, $83,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 34.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.6%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-21.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $83,850
- p25
- $67,190
- p75
- $104,020
- p10
- $59,580
- p90
- $142,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.