State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Illinois vs Texas
Data Scientists in Texas earn a median of $122,090. In Illinois, $106,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 12.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.7%
Illinois vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-15.3%
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%
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.