State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Florida vs Georgia
Data Scientists in Florida earn a median of $115,820. In Georgia, $104,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 11%.
Nominal pay gap
+11%
Florida vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+3.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Data Scientists
- Median
- $115,820
- p25
- $84,070
- p75
- $140,210
- p10
- $63,080
- p90
- $174,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
Georgia
Data Scientists
- Median
- $104,340
- p25
- $84,120
- p75
- $136,560
- p10
- $67,750
- p90
- $170,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.