State comparison · 2025
Market Research Analysts salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Market Research Analysts in Massachusetts earn a median of $101,810. In Minnesota, $87,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.3%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Market Research Analysts
- Median
- $101,810
- p25
- $77,220
- p75
- $133,460
- p10
- $58,090
- p90
- $166,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -81%
Minnesota
Market Research Analysts
- Median
- $87,510
- p25
- $63,850
- p75
- $123,720
- p10
- $50,400
- p90
- $143,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.