State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Utah
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Utah, $82,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.5% — not 54.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.6%
Massachusetts vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+44.5%
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%
Utah
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $82,940
- p25
- $69,220
- p75
- $108,460
- p10
- $65,310
- p90
- $139,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -13%
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.