State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Georgia vs Texas
Data Scientists in Texas earn a median of $122,090. In Georgia, $104,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 14.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.5%
Georgia vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-13.8%
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%
Texas
Data Scientists
- Median
- $122,090
- p25
- $83,880
- p75
- $146,030
- p10
- $64,540
- p90
- $170,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.