State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Medical Scientists in New Jersey earn a median of $129,280. In Massachusetts, $128,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2% — not 0.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.8%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+2%
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%
New Jersey
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $129,280
- p25
- $95,520
- p75
- $164,930
- p10
- $77,540
- p90
- $216,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
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.