State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Colorado vs Maryland
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Colorado, $117,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.3% — not 13.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.9%
Colorado vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-12.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Maryland
Data Scientists
- Median
- $136,370
- p25
- $100,370
- p75
- $169,510
- p10
- $77,930
- p90
- $213,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.