State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs Ohio
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Ohio, $102,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.4% — not 32.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.9%
Maryland vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+17.4%
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%
Ohio
Data Scientists
- Median
- $102,630
- p25
- $79,510
- p75
- $130,920
- p10
- $61,710
- p90
- $160,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- 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.