State comparison · 2025
Mathematicians salary: Colorado vs Washington
Mathematicians in Washington earn a median of $162,280. In Colorado, $86,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45% — not 47%.
Nominal pay gap
-47%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-45%
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
Washington
Mathematicians
- Median
- $162,280
- p25
- $112,900
- p75
- $194,120
- p10
- $102,050
- p90
- $239,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.