State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Mississippi, $54,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 95.1% — not 137.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+137.3%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+95.1%
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%
Mississippi
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $54,040
- p25
- $41,360
- p75
- $72,120
- p10
- $41,360
- p90
- $84,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.