State comparison · 2025
Epidemiologists salary: Massachusetts vs Nebraska
Epidemiologists in Massachusetts earn a median of $115,890. In Nebraska, $83,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 39.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.2%
Massachusetts vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+18.6%
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%
Nebraska
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $83,240
- p25
- $68,140
- p75
- $97,240
- p10
- $64,200
- p90
- $105,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +700%
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.