State comparison · 2025
Mathematicians salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Mathematicians in Maryland earn a median of $131,810. In Massachusetts, $104,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.5% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.5%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+27.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Mathematicians
- Median
- $131,810
- p25
- $95,490
- p75
- $167,000
- p10
- $73,590
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
Massachusetts
Mathematicians
- Median
- $104,190
- p25
- $81,510
- p75
- $104,600
- p10
- $72,030
- p90
- $149,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.