Massachusetts · 2025 pay · 10 people
How much does a research scientist make in Massachusetts?
$80,039typical pay for a research scientist in 2025
$72,383 – $88,887what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 5.0% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU) · Matches the agency's latest release · macomptroller.org ↗
Where research scientists work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Research Scientist Senior$79,631 (everyone)
- Research Scientist (this page)$80,039 (everyone)
Highest-paid research scientists, 2025
- 1Bowen ZhengResearch Scientist II · University of Massachusetts System$110,578
- 2Christa BeranekResearch Scientist II · University of Massachusetts System$108,786
- 3Qilei ChenResearch Scientist · University of Massachusetts System$91,297
- 4Yingjie ZhangResearch Scientist · University of Massachusetts System$81,657
- 5Hong TangResearch Scientist · University of Massachusetts System$81,307
Common questions
How much does a research scientist make in Massachusetts?
The typical research scientist was paid $80,039 in 2025; most earned between $72,383 and $88,887. This counts all 10 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for research scientists in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Research Scientist, at any level (for example "Research Scientist"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this