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Biological Scientists, All Other pay in Maryland and Vermont
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Biological Scientists, All Other is $121,680 per year in Maryland. It is $77,960 per year in Vermont. Maryland is 56.1% above Vermont on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-1029 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 4,970 wage and salary jobs in Maryland and 90 in Vermont. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.