State comparison · 2025
Epidemiologists salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Epidemiologists in Massachusetts earn a median of $115,890. In Virginia, $84,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 36.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.5%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+30.4%
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%
Virginia
Epidemiologists
- Median
- $84,930
- p25
- $74,030
- p75
- $101,280
- p10
- $59,870
- p90
- $121,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- 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.