State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: California vs Maine
Data Scientists in California earn a median of $141,590. In Maine, $90,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.7% — not 55.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.8%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+36.7%
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%
Maine
Data Scientists
- Median
- $90,880
- p25
- $77,340
- p75
- $115,170
- p10
- $60,280
- p90
- $138,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +75%
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.