State comparison · 2025
Medical Scientists salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Medical Scientists in New Jersey earn a median of $129,280. In Tennessee, $102,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 25.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.9%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+6.3%
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%
Tennessee
Medical Scientists
- Median
- $102,720
- p25
- $81,720
- p75
- $129,940
- p10
- $63,500
- p90
- $155,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
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.