State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: California vs Indiana
Data Scientists in California earn a median of $141,590. In Indiana, $91,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.5% — not 54.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.8%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+30.5%
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%
Indiana
Data Scientists
- Median
- $91,470
- p25
- $72,670
- p75
- $127,510
- p10
- $58,750
- p90
- $141,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.