State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Massachusetts, $131,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 3.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.5%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+4.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Massachusetts
Data Scientists
- Median
- $131,750
- p25
- $101,940
- p75
- $166,180
- p10
- $81,030
- p90
- $206,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.