Data scientist · Chambersburg, PA
Data scientist in Chambersburg: $2,510/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Chambersburg at $86,060 a year. About 40 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.43). The 10th percentile is $49,350 and the 90th is $153,800. Pay ranks 226th-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($897/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 $2,510 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Charlottesville, about 145 miles away, at $5,406 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,510
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$86,060
$49,350 to $153,800
Rent (1 bd)
$897
$1,068 (2 bd)
Employment
40
Location quotient 0.43
Pay rank
226th of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $86,060.
- Taxes$1,719
- Rent$897
- Other living costs$2,045
- Left over$2,510
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $86,060
- Federal income tax
- −$10,547
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,584
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,642
- City / county wage tax
- −$861
- Take-home pay
- $65,427
- Effective tax rate
- 24.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $897
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $2,942
Left over each month
$7,172 gross, minus $1,719 in tax and $2,942 in living costs.
$2,510
Rank every metro for a data scientist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Charlottesville, $5,406/mo.
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Questions
What does a data scientist make in Chambersburg?
$86,060 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 40 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Chambersburg?
$2,510 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 $897, and pay covers 8.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Charlottesville, about 145 miles away, leaves $5,406 a month, more than Chambersburg.