State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs North Carolina
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In North Carolina, $119,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 14.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.5%
Maryland vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+2.8%
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%
North Carolina
Data Scientists
- Median
- $119,090
- p25
- $82,440
- p75
- $147,540
- p10
- $65,970
- p90
- $172,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
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.