State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Nevada
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Nevada, $98,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23% — not 30.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.1%
Massachusetts vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+23%
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%
Nevada
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $98,560
- p25
- $86,470
- p75
- $106,300
- p10
- $77,990
- p90
- $125,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.