State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Virginia, $93,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.9% — not 36.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.9%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+30.9%
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%
Virginia
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $93,620
- p25
- $77,120
- p75
- $134,940
- p10
- $65,540
- p90
- $186,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +2%
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.