State comparison · 2025
Mathematicians salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Mathematicians in Virginia earn a median of $148,030. In Massachusetts, $104,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.7% — not 29.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.6%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-32.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Mathematicians
- Median
- $104,190
- p25
- $81,510
- p75
- $104,600
- p10
- $72,030
- p90
- $149,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
Virginia
Mathematicians
- Median
- $148,030
- p25
- $120,990
- p75
- $175,610
- p10
- $92,520
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.