State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: California vs Nebraska
Data Scientists in California earn a median of $141,590. In Nebraska, $98,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 44.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.1%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+17.3%
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%
Nebraska
Data Scientists
- Median
- $98,230
- p25
- $80,900
- p75
- $109,860
- p10
- $66,230
- p90
- $133,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -4%
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.