State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs Minnesota
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Minnesota, $128,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.6% — not 5.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.9%
Maryland vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-0.6%
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%
Minnesota
Data Scientists
- Median
- $128,800
- p25
- $92,490
- p75
- $160,910
- p10
- $65,730
- p90
- $179,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.