State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Medical Scientists in New Jersey earn a median of $129,280. In Rhode Island, $103,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 25.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.1%
New Jersey vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+17.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $129,280
- p25
- $95,520
- p75
- $164,930
- p10
- $77,540
- p90
- $216,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
Rhode Island
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $103,370
- p25
- $81,720
- p75
- $136,340
- p10
- $66,370
- p90
- $218,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- 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.