State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Arizona vs Maryland
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Arizona, $107,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.4%
Arizona vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-18%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Data Scientists
- Median
- $107,240
- p25
- $80,820
- p75
- $134,070
- p10
- $65,200
- p90
- $161,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -52%
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.