State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs Tennessee
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Tennessee, $100,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19% — not 35.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.9%
Maryland vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+19%
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%
Tennessee
Data Scientists
- Median
- $100,330
- p25
- $77,770
- p75
- $131,930
- p10
- $60,200
- p90
- $156,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.