State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs Nebraska
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Nebraska, $98,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.1% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.8%
Maryland vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+19.1%
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%
Nebraska
Data Scientists
- Median
- $98,230
- p25
- $80,900
- p75
- $109,860
- p10
- $66,230
- p90
- $133,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -4%
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.