Data scientist · Fargo, ND
Data scientist in Fargo: $3,392/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Fargo at $92,050 a year. About 100 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.39). The 10th percentile is $66,280 and the 90th is $136,620. Pay ranks 203rd-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($885/mo). North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,392 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Mankato, about 234 miles away, at $4,919 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,392
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$92,050
$66,280 to $136,620
Rent (1 bd)
$885
$1,054 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 0.39
Pay rank
203rd of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $92,050.
- Taxes$1,623
- Rent$885
- Other living costs$1,771
- Left over$3,392
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $92,050
- Federal income tax
- −$11,865
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,042
- State income tax (ND)
- −$565
- Take-home pay
- $72,578
- Effective tax rate
- 21.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $885
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $505
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,656
Left over each month
$7,671 gross, minus $1,623 in tax and $2,656 in living costs.
$3,392
Rank every metro for a data scientist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Mankato, $4,919/mo.
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Questions
What does a data scientist make in Fargo?
$92,050 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 Fargo?
$3,392 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $885, and pay covers 8.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Mankato, about 234 miles away, leaves $4,919 a month, more than Fargo.