State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs South Carolina
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In South Carolina, $91,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.3% — not 48.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.2%
Maryland vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+32.3%
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%
South Carolina
Data Scientists
- Median
- $91,990
- p25
- $78,550
- p75
- $123,880
- p10
- $61,600
- p90
- $156,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.