State comparison · 2025
Mathematicians salary: Colorado vs Virginia
Mathematicians in Virginia earn a median of $148,030. In Colorado, $86,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43% — not 41.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.9%
Colorado vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-43%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Mathematicians
- Median
- $86,020
- p25
- $65,310
- p75
- $166,440
- p10
- $63,820
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
Virginia
Mathematicians
- Median
- $148,030
- p25
- $120,990
- p75
- $175,610
- p10
- $92,520
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.