State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Data Scientists in Washington earn a median of $163,350. In Nebraska, $98,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.6% — not 39.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.9%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Data Scientists
- Median
- $98,230
- p25
- $80,900
- p75
- $109,860
- p10
- $66,230
- p90
- $133,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -4%
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.