State comparison · 2025
Epidemiologists salary: Kansas vs Massachusetts
Epidemiologists in Massachusetts earn a median of $115,890. In Kansas, $79,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.3% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.3%
Kansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-19.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $79,620
- p25
- $64,560
- p75
- $89,760
- p10
- $60,200
- p90
- $97,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
Massachusetts
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $115,890
- p25
- $93,870
- p75
- $154,840
- p10
- $81,380
- p90
- $212,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -13%
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.