State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Alaska vs Maryland
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Alaska, $84,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.8% — not 38.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.3%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-36.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Data Scientists
- Median
- $84,110
- p25
- $57,350
- p75
- $113,040
- p10
- $51,550
- p90
- $138,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Maryland
Data Scientists
- Median
- $136,370
- p25
- $100,370
- p75
- $169,510
- p10
- $77,930
- p90
- $213,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.