State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: California vs Mississippi
Data Scientists in California earn a median of $141,590. In Mississippi, $69,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.1% — not 103.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+103.8%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+60.1%
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%
Mississippi
Data Scientists
- Median
- $69,490
- p25
- $51,060
- p75
- $99,030
- p10
- $43,940
- p90
- $125,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.