State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs West Virginia
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In West Virginia, $85,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.6% — not 60.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.3%
Maryland vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+36.6%
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%
West Virginia
Data Scientists
- Median
- $85,090
- p25
- $69,790
- p75
- $112,770
- p10
- $57,500
- p90
- $125,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +80%
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.