5. Illinois
Annual median wage: $61,660
Cost of living: 95.5
Employment: 160
We are continuing our list of best states for epidemiologists with Illinois that has high wages for these professionals, which looks even better when you pair it with the state’s cost of living rates. Not only do epidemiologists get to enjoy high wages, they can most definitely be able to save a huge chunk of it since living expenses tend to be cheap there. As if that isn’t enough to make Illinois a great state, they have employment rates that look better than most states’, too.
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