State comparison · 2025
Epidemiologists salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Epidemiologists in Massachusetts earn a median of $115,890. In Tennessee, $97,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.1%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+3.4%
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%
Tennessee
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $97,310
- p25
- $82,370
- p75
- $111,950
- p10
- $75,080
- p90
- $137,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.