State comparison · 2025
Mathematicians salary: Illinois vs Maryland
Mathematicians in Maryland earn a median of $131,810. In Illinois, $130,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 0.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.6%
Illinois vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+4.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Mathematicians
- Median
- $130,970
- p25
- $100,680
- p75
- $130,970
- p10
- $49,190
- p90
- $170,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +67%
Maryland
Mathematicians
- Median
- $131,810
- p25
- $95,490
- p75
- $167,000
- p10
- $73,590
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.