State comparison · 2025
Epidemiologists salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Epidemiologists in Massachusetts earn a median of $115,890. In Minnesota, $104,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 10.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.9%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+3.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Minnesota
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $104,460
- p25
- $85,750
- p75
- $112,650
- p10
- $79,000
- p90
- $124,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.