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Natural Sciences Managers pay in Arkansas and Massachusetts
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Natural Sciences Managers is $119,430 per year in Arkansas. It is $267,290 per year in Massachusetts. Arkansas is 55.3% below Massachusetts on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-9121 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 340 wage and salary jobs in Arkansas and 10,590 in Massachusetts. 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