State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Data Scientists in New York earn a median of $130,460. In Pennsylvania, $106,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.1%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+10.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Pennsylvania
Data Scientists
- Median
- $106,850
- p25
- $79,220
- p75
- $129,160
- p10
- $63,340
- p90
- $162,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.