State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Maine vs Massachusetts
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Maine, $93,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.3% — not 26.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.9%
Maine vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-20.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $93,730
- p25
- $73,860
- p75
- $185,940
- p10
- $62,970
- p90
- $216,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.