State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Data Scientists in Illinois earn a median of $106,560. In Indiana, $91,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 16.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.5%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+8.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Data Scientists
- Median
- $106,560
- p25
- $84,610
- p75
- $137,290
- p10
- $68,810
- p90
- $168,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Indiana
Data Scientists
- Median
- $91,470
- p25
- $72,670
- p75
- $127,510
- p10
- $58,750
- p90
- $141,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.