State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Rhode Island, $103,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.9% — not 24%.
Nominal pay gap
+24%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+19.9%
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%
Rhode Island
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $103,370
- p25
- $81,720
- p75
- $136,340
- p10
- $66,370
- p90
- $218,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.