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Natural Sciences Managers pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and Wilmington, NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Natural Sciences Managers is $291,000 per year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. It is $166,910 per year in Wilmington, NC. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 74.3% above Wilmington, 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 330 in Wilmington, 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