Data scientist · Elkhart, IN
Data scientist in Elkhart: $2,319/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Elkhart at $81,420 a year. About 100 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.48). The 10th percentile is $58,240 and the 90th is $135,780. Pay ranks 244th-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($884/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,319 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sheboygan, about 176 miles away, at $4,760 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,319
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$81,420
$58,240 to $135,780
Rent (1 bd)
$884
$1,052 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 0.48
Pay rank
244th of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $81,420.
- Taxes$1,616
- Rent$884
- Other living costs$1,966
- Left over$2,319
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $81,420
- Federal income tax
- −$9,526
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,229
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,413
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,221
- Take-home pay
- $62,031
- Effective tax rate
- 23.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $884
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,850
Left over each month
$6,785 gross, minus $1,616 in tax and $2,850 in living costs.
$2,319
Rank every metro for a data scientist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sheboygan, $4,760/mo.
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Questions
What does a data scientist make in Elkhart?
$81,420 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 100 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Elkhart?
$2,319 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $884, and pay covers 7.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Sheboygan, about 176 miles away, leaves $4,760 a month, more than Elkhart.