State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Data Scientists in Washington earn a median of $163,350. In Mississippi, $69,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.7% — not 57.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-57.5%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-47.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Data Scientists
- Median
- $69,490
- p25
- $51,060
- p75
- $99,030
- p10
- $43,940
- p90
- $125,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.