State comparison · 2025
Epidemiologists salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Epidemiologists in Massachusetts earn a median of $115,890. In Pennsylvania, $87,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 31.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.9%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+21.7%
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%
Pennsylvania
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $87,860
- p25
- $78,310
- p75
- $105,850
- p10
- $64,600
- p90
- $134,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.