State comparison · 2025
Epidemiologists salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts
Epidemiologists in Massachusetts earn a median of $115,890. In Kentucky, $78,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.2% — not 32%.
Nominal pay gap
-32%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-20.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $78,810
- p25
- $67,630
- p75
- $83,700
- p10
- $58,010
- p90
- $96,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.