State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Ohio
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Ohio, $83,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34% — not 52.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.8%
Massachusetts vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+34%
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%
Ohio
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $83,910
- p25
- $66,690
- p75
- $105,690
- p10
- $60,080
- p90
- $173,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +16%
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.