State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Colorado vs Texas
Data Scientists in Texas earn a median of $122,090. In Colorado, $117,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.4% — not 3.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.8%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-9.4%
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%
Texas
Data Scientists
- Median
- $122,090
- p25
- $83,880
- p75
- $146,030
- p10
- $64,540
- p90
- $170,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.