State comparison · 2025
Atmospheric and Space Scientists salary: Kansas vs Maryland
Atmospheric and Space Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $128,800. In Kansas, $109,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.1% — not 15.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.1%
Kansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-1.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Atmospheric and Space Scientists
- Median
- $109,300
- p25
- $85,110
- p75
- $126,440
- p10
- $49,940
- p90
- $139,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
Maryland
Atmospheric and Space Scientists
- Median
- $128,800
- p25
- $101,940
- p75
- $156,750
- p10
- $83,230
- p90
- $168,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +71%
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.