State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Georgia vs Maryland
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Georgia, $104,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.6% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.5%
Georgia vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-16.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Maryland
Data Scientists
- Median
- $136,370
- p25
- $100,370
- p75
- $169,510
- p10
- $77,930
- p90
- $213,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.