State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs Montana
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Montana, $100,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.7%
Maryland vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+22.3%
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%
Montana
Data Scientists
- Median
- $100,490
- p25
- $70,990
- p75
- $127,840
- p10
- $67,120
- p90
- $167,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.