State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Missouri
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Missouri, $102,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.3% — not 25%.
Nominal pay gap
+25%
Massachusetts vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+7.3%
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%
Missouri
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $102,540
- p25
- $78,780
- p75
- $134,390
- p10
- $64,160
- p90
- $173,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
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.