State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs West Virginia
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In West Virginia, $82,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.2% — not 55%.
Nominal pay gap
+55%
Massachusetts vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+31.2%
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%
West Virginia
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $82,690
- p25
- $72,350
- p75
- $106,710
- p10
- $61,950
- p90
- $173,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.