State comparison · 2025
Mathematicians salary: Michigan vs Virginia
Mathematicians in Virginia earn a median of $148,030. In Michigan, $65,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.5% — not 55.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-55.7%
Michigan vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-53.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Mathematicians
- Median
- $65,510
- p25
- $65,510
- p75
- $87,010
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $132,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Virginia
Mathematicians
- Median
- $148,030
- p25
- $120,990
- p75
- $175,610
- p10
- $92,520
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.