State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Texas
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Texas, $80,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.2% — not 59.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.3%
Massachusetts vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+46.2%
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%
Texas
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $80,470
- p25
- $67,010
- p75
- $106,110
- p10
- $63,870
- p90
- $144,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.