State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Data Scientists in Washington earn a median of $163,350. In Massachusetts, $131,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 19.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.3%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.4%
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%
Washington
Data Scientists
- Median
- $163,350
- p25
- $105,240
- p75
- $208,320
- p10
- $79,930
- p90
- $220,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.