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Natural Sciences Managers pay in Colorado and Massachusetts
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Natural Sciences Managers is $152,730 per year in Colorado. It is $267,290 per year in Massachusetts. Colorado is 42.9% 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 1,640 wage and salary jobs in Colorado 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