State comparison · 2025
Epidemiologists salary: Louisiana vs Massachusetts
Epidemiologists in Massachusetts earn a median of $115,890. In Louisiana, $73,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.6% — not 36.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.3%
Louisiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-23.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $73,850
- p25
- $61,180
- p75
- $84,100
- p10
- $49,740
- p90
- $105,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.