State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Data Scientists in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,750. In New York, $130,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3% — not 1%.
Nominal pay gap
+1%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Data Scientists
- Median
- $131,750
- p25
- $101,940
- p75
- $166,180
- p10
- $81,030
- p90
- $206,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
New York
Data Scientists
- Median
- $130,460
- p25
- $94,880
- p75
- $171,580
- p10
- $73,330
- p90
- $214,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.