State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Iowa, $95,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16% — not 29.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.7%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-16%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Data Scientists
- Median
- $95,830
- p25
- $71,010
- p75
- $127,340
- p10
- $56,070
- p90
- $146,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.