State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Oregon
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Oregon, $111,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 15.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.5%
Massachusetts vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
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%
Oregon
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $111,030
- p25
- $83,680
- p75
- $168,280
- p10
- $69,720
- p90
- $205,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.