Data scientist · Harrisburg, PA
Data scientist in Harrisburg: $2,947/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Harrisburg at $96,760 a year. About 500 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.89). The 10th percentile is $62,440 and the 90th is $154,640. Pay ranks 170th-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,115/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 $2,947 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Charlottesville, about 184 miles away, at $5,406 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,947
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$96,760
$62,440 to $154,640
Rent (1 bd)
$1,115
$1,327 (2 bd)
Employment
500
Location quotient 0.89
Pay rank
170th of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $96,760.
- Taxes$2,020
- Rent$1,115
- Other living costs$1,981
- Left over$2,947
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $96,760
- Federal income tax
- −$12,901
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,402
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,971
- City / county wage tax
- −$968
- Take-home pay
- $72,519
- Effective tax rate
- 25.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,115
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $527
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,096
Left over each month
$8,063 gross, minus $2,020 in tax and $3,096 in living costs.
$2,947
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 Harrisburg?
$96,760 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 500 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Harrisburg?
$2,947 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 $1,115, and pay covers 7.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Charlottesville, about 184 miles away, leaves $5,406 a month, more than Harrisburg.