Data Scientists
Midland, TX metropolitan area. Estimated employment 100.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of data scientists in Midland earn more.
$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.
The same job, elsewhere in Texas
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Midland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas | $127,750 | $123,900 | 103.1 | −5.3% |
| Austin | $127,360 | $129,900 | 98.1 | −0.7% |
| Midland This page | $125,330 | $130,800 | 95.8 | — |
| Corpus Christi | $113,450 | $122,400 | 92.7 | −6.4% |
| Tyler | $108,780 | $118,000 | 92.2 | −9.8% |
| Longview | $107,270 | $119,900 | 89.5 | −8.4% |
| Houston | $106,750 | $108,200 | 98.6 | −17.3% |
| San Antonio | $103,290 | $109,100 | 94.7 | −16.7% |
Price parity and difference against Midland are in the full table on wider screens.
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.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.