Data scientist · Hilton Head Island, SC
Data scientist in Hilton Head Island: $2,421/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Hilton Head Island at $93,930 a year. About 60 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.44). The 10th percentile is $55,600 and the 90th is $150,780. Pay ranks 192nd-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,483/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,421 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Charlotte, about 192 miles away, at $4,735 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,421
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$93,930
$55,600 to $150,780
Rent (1 bd)
$1,483
$1,766 (2 bd)
Employment
60
Location quotient 0.44
Pay rank
192nd of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $93,930.
- Taxes$1,975
- Rent$1,483
- Other living costs$1,948
- Left over$2,421
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $93,930
- Federal income tax
- −$12,279
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,186
- State income tax (SC)
- −$4,241
- Take-home pay
- $70,225
- Effective tax rate
- 25.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,483
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $556
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,431
Left over each month
$7,828 gross, minus $1,975 in tax and $3,431 in living costs.
$2,421
Rank every metro for a data scientist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Charlotte, $4,735/mo.
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Questions
What does a data scientist make in Hilton Head Island?
$93,930 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 60 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Hilton Head Island?
$2,421 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,483, and pay covers 5.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Charlotte, about 192 miles away, leaves $4,735 a month, more than Hilton Head Island.