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State comparison · 2025

Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee

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Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Tennessee, $102,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 24.8%.

Nominal pay gap
+24.8%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
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%
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Tennessee

Medical Scientists

Median
$102,720
p25
$81,720
p75
$129,940
p10
$63,500
p90
$155,100
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
91.9
Hiring velocity (180d)
-28%
See full breakdown for Tennessee

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.