State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Idaho vs Maryland
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Idaho, $89,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.9% — not 34.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.5%
Idaho vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-27.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Data Scientists
- Median
- $89,380
- p25
- $80,940
- p75
- $136,940
- p10
- $63,980
- p90
- $169,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -72%
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.