State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Maryland, $106,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.3%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-16.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $106,000
- p25
- $83,020
- p75
- $133,400
- p10
- $71,150
- p90
- $172,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +6%
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.