State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Kentucky vs Maryland
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Kentucky, $91,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 32.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.7%
Kentucky vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-21.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Data Scientists
- Median
- $91,760
- p25
- $75,620
- p75
- $121,850
- p10
- $61,990
- p90
- $156,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.