State comparison · 2025
Mathematicians salary: Maryland vs Rhode Island
Mathematicians in Maryland earn a median of $131,810. In Rhode Island, $109,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 20.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.6%
Maryland vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+17.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Mathematicians
- Median
- $131,810
- p25
- $95,490
- p75
- $167,000
- p10
- $73,590
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
Rhode Island
Mathematicians
- Median
- $109,260
- p25
- $100,360
- p75
- $126,710
- p10
- $72,470
- p90
- $155,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.