State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
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%
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%
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.