State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: Washington vs Wyoming
Data Scientists in Washington earn a median of $163,350. In Wyoming, $95,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.7% — not 70.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+70.4%
Washington vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+47.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Wyoming
Data Scientists
- Median
- $95,840
- p25
- $49,190
- p75
- $97,370
- p10
- $49,190
- p90
- $129,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.