State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs Virginia
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Virginia, $126,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.9% — not 7.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.9%
Maryland vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+3.9%
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%
Virginia
Data Scientists
- Median
- $126,430
- p25
- $97,390
- p75
- $165,610
- p10
- $76,420
- p90
- $207,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.