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Computer and Information Research Scientists pay in Oregon and Tennessee
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer and Information Research Scientists is $206,220 per year in Oregon. It is $108,830 per year in Tennessee. Oregon is 89.5% above Tennessee on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-1221 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 730 wage and salary jobs in Oregon and Not published in Tennessee. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings