State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Maryland vs Wyoming
Data Scientists in Maryland earn a median of $136,370. In Wyoming, $95,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.6% — not 42.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.3%
Maryland vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+25.6%
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%
Wyoming
Data Scientists
- Median
- $95,840
- p25
- $49,190
- p75
- $97,370
- p10
- $49,190
- p90
- $129,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.