State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Kansas vs Maryland
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Kansas, $98,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
-28%
Kansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-16.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Data Scientists
- Median
- $98,130
- p25
- $75,970
- p75
- $131,390
- p10
- $60,520
- p90
- $154,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.