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Natural Sciences Managers pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Natural Sciences Managers is $291,000 per year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. It is $183,540 per year in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 58.5% above Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 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 9,570 wage and salary jobs in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and 2,050 in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC. 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