State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Pennsylvania, $99,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.2% — not 29.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.3%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+19.2%
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%
Pennsylvania
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $99,190
- p25
- $76,660
- p75
- $160,500
- p10
- $61,490
- p90
- $214,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.