State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs Texas
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Texas, $122,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.3% — not 11.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.7%
Maryland vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+3.3%
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%
Texas
Data Scientists
- Median
- $122,090
- p25
- $83,880
- p75
- $146,030
- p10
- $64,540
- p90
- $170,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.