State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Minnesota, $89,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.8% — not 42.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.5%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+32.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Minnesota
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $89,950
- p25
- $81,780
- p75
- $105,670
- p10
- $65,140
- p90
- $141,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.