State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs Missouri
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Missouri, $97,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.5%
Maryland vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+21.5%
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%
Missouri
Data Scientists
- Median
- $97,090
- p25
- $74,610
- p75
- $127,680
- p10
- $58,960
- p90
- $151,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.