State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Nebraska
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Nebraska, $80,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.8% — not 58.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.3%
Massachusetts vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+34.8%
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%
Nebraska
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $80,970
- p25
- $66,080
- p75
- $93,250
- p10
- $52,330
- p90
- $111,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.