State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Florida vs North Carolina
Data Scientists in North Carolina earn a median of $119,090. In Florida, $115,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 2.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.7%
Florida vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-11.3%
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%
North Carolina
Data Scientists
- Median
- $119,090
- p25
- $82,440
- p75
- $147,540
- p10
- $65,970
- p90
- $172,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
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.