Data scientist · Los Angeles, CA
Data scientist in Los Angeles: $2,980/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Los Angeles at $129,740 a year. About 9,850 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.93). The 10th percentile is $71,080 and the 90th is $208,280. Pay ranks 23rd-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,273/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,980 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is El Centro, about 179 miles away, at $5,003 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
After tax and rent
$2,980
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$129,740
$71,080 to $208,280
Rent (1 bd)
$2,273
$2,706 (2 bd)
Employment
9,850
Location quotient 0.93
Pay rank
23rd of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $129,740.
- Taxes$3,157
- Rent$2,273
- Other$2,401
- Left$2,980
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $129,740
- Federal income tax
- −$19,872
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,925
- State income tax (CA)
- −$8,093
- Take-home pay
- $91,850
- Effective tax rate
- 29.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,273
- Groceries
- $476
- Getting around
- $674
- Healthcare
- $536
- Utilities and internet
- $298
- Everything else
- $417
- Total spending
- $4,674
After tax and rent
$2,980 left/mo
Rank every metro for a data scientist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: El Centro, $5,003/mo.
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Questions
What does a data scientist make in Los Angeles?
$129,740 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 9,850 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Los Angeles?
$2,980 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,273, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
El Centro, about 179 miles away, leaves $5,003 a month, more than Los Angeles.