State comparison · 2025
Epidemiologists salary: Massachusetts vs Nevada
Epidemiologists in Massachusetts earn a median of $115,890. In Nevada, $99,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 16%.
Nominal pay gap
+16%
Massachusetts vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+9.7%
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%
Nevada
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $99,880
- p25
- $83,450
- p75
- $118,560
- p10
- $51,590
- p90
- $187,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.