State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Kentucky, $77,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29% — not 39.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.5%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-29%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $77,580
- p25
- $65,020
- p75
- $95,240
- p10
- $55,320
- p90
- $162,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -30%
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.