State comparison · 2025
Market Research Analysts salary: Kansas vs Massachusetts
Market Research Analysts in Massachusetts earn a median of $101,810. In Kansas, $70,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.8% — not 30.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.8%
Kansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-18.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Market Research Analysts
- Median
- $70,430
- p25
- $52,850
- p75
- $96,760
- p10
- $38,540
- p90
- $128,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Massachusetts
Market Research Analysts
- Median
- $101,810
- p25
- $77,220
- p75
- $133,460
- p10
- $58,090
- p90
- $166,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -81%
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.