2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Data Scientists

Midland, TX metropolitan area. Estimated employment 100.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 15-2051
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$125,330 · 50th
$69,58010th
$93,36025th
$125,33050th
$161,93075th
$169,99090th

That is the medianhalf of data scientists in Midland earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$125,330 in Midland buys what $130,800 buys across the country as a whole.

Midland's regional price parity is 95.8 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Texas

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Midland
Dallas$127,750$123,900103.1−5.3%
Austin$127,360$129,90098.1−0.7%
Midland This page$125,330$130,80095.8
Corpus Christi$113,450$122,40092.7−6.4%
Tyler$108,780$118,00092.2−9.8%
Longview$107,270$119,90089.5−8.4%
Houston$106,750$108,20098.6−17.3%
San Antonio$103,290$109,10094.7−16.7%

Price parity and difference against Midland are in the full table on wider screens.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Employment
100 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 15-2051, Data Scientists. Mapped to our taxonomy as data-scientists.

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