State comparison · 2025
Mathematicians salary: Indiana vs Virginia
Mathematicians in Virginia earn a median of $148,030. In Indiana, $88,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.5% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.5%
Indiana vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-35.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Mathematicians
- Median
- $88,050
- p25
- $80,470
- p75
- $119,560
- p10
- $77,420
- p90
- $136,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Virginia
Mathematicians
- Median
- $148,030
- p25
- $120,990
- p75
- $175,610
- p10
- $92,520
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.