State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In North Carolina, $102,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.5%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11%
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%
North Carolina
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $102,980
- p25
- $79,780
- p75
- $134,560
- p10
- $63,800
- p90
- $171,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.