State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs Pennsylvania
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Pennsylvania, $106,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 27.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.6%
Maryland vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+18.6%
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%
Pennsylvania
Data Scientists
- Median
- $106,850
- p25
- $79,220
- p75
- $129,160
- p10
- $63,340
- p90
- $162,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.