State comparison · 2025
Epidemiologists salary: Massachusetts vs Ohio
Epidemiologists in Massachusetts earn a median of $115,890. In Ohio, $76,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.9% — not 51.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.5%
Massachusetts vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+32.9%
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%
Ohio
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $76,480
- p25
- $61,780
- p75
- $99,060
- p10
- $54,410
- p90
- $130,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.