State comparison · 2025
Mathematicians salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Mathematicians in Washington earn a median of $162,280. In Massachusetts, $104,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.1% — not 35.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.8%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-35.1%
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%
Washington
Mathematicians
- Median
- $162,280
- p25
- $112,900
- p75
- $194,120
- p10
- $102,050
- p90
- $239,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.