State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Indiana vs Maryland
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Indiana, $91,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.5% — not 32.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.9%
Indiana vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-24.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.