State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs Nevada
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Nevada, $98,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.8% — not 38.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.4%
Maryland vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+31.8%
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%
Nevada
Data Scientists
- Median
- $98,540
- p25
- $76,190
- p75
- $129,990
- p10
- $57,150
- p90
- $164,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.