State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
Medical Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,210. In Wisconsin, $82,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.2% — not 55.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.3%
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+38.2%
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%
Wisconsin
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $82,530
- p25
- $69,400
- p75
- $101,140
- p10
- $62,850
- p90
- $128,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +11%
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.