State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: California vs Colorado
Data Scientists in California earn a median of $141,590. In Colorado, $117,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.3% — not 20.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.6%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+12.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Data Scientists
- Median
- $141,590
- p25
- $103,360
- p75
- $186,820
- p10
- $77,480
- p90
- $224,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
Colorado
Data Scientists
- Median
- $117,400
- p25
- $96,300
- p75
- $152,650
- p10
- $74,470
- p90
- $189,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -51%
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.