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Life Scientists, All Other pay in Minnesota and South Carolina
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Life Scientists, All Other is $64,610 per year in Minnesota. It is $169,440 per year in South Carolina. Minnesota is 61.9% below South Carolina on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-1099 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Minnesota and Not published in South Carolina. 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