State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In New York, $87,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49% — not 46.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.1%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+49%
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 York
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $87,760
- p25
- $80,960
- p75
- $130,510
- p10
- $67,490
- p90
- $177,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -4%
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.