State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Oklahoma
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Oklahoma, $76,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.1% — not 67.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+67.6%
Massachusetts vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+39.1%
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%
Oklahoma
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $76,480
- p25
- $66,410
- p75
- $92,410
- p10
- $60,670
- p90
- $140,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +42%
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.