State comparison · 2025
Epidemiologists salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Epidemiologists in Massachusetts earn a median of $115,890. In Mississippi, $56,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 67.4% — not 103.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+103.6%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+67.4%
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%
Mississippi
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $56,930
- p25
- $48,690
- p75
- $80,850
- p10
- $46,450
- p90
- $98,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.