Data scientist · Allentown, PA
Data scientist in Allentown: $2,886/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Allentown at $101,970 a year. About 490 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.77). The 10th percentile is $62,040 and the 90th is $171,050. Pay ranks 113th-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,431/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,886 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 117 miles away, at $4,835 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,886
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$101,970
$62,040 to $171,050
Rent (1 bd)
$1,431
$1,704 (2 bd)
Employment
490
Location quotient 0.77
Pay rank
113th of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $101,970.
- Taxes$2,167
- Rent$1,431
- Other living costs$2,014
- Left over$2,886
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,970
- Federal income tax
- −$14,047
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,801
- State income tax (PA)
- −$3,130
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,020
- Take-home pay
- $75,972
- Effective tax rate
- 25.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,431
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $559
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,445
Left over each month
$8,498 gross, minus $2,167 in tax and $3,445 in living costs.
$2,886
Rank every metro for a data scientist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $4,835/mo.
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Questions
What does a data scientist make in Allentown?
$101,970 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 490 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Allentown?
$2,886 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,431, and pay covers 5.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Elmira, about 117 miles away, leaves $4,835 a month, more than Allentown.