State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Kansas vs Massachusetts
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Kansas, $84,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.6% — not 34.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.1%
Kansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-22.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $84,490
- p25
- $72,700
- p75
- $126,440
- p10
- $62,190
- p90
- $219,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.