Data scientist · Mobile, AL
Data scientist in Mobile: $2,278/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Mobile at $83,910 a year. About 100 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.33). The 10th percentile is $50,230 and the 90th is $170,450. Pay ranks 232nd-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($984/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,278 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Slidell, about 106 miles away, at $4,132 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,278
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$83,910
$50,230 to $170,450
Rent (1 bd)
$984
$1,171 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 0.33
Pay rank
232nd of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $83,910.
- Taxes$1,778
- Rent$984
- Other living costs$1,952
- Left over$2,278
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,910
- Federal income tax
- −$10,074
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,419
- State income tax (AL)
- −$4,006
- City / county wage tax
- −$839
- Take-home pay
- $62,572
- Effective tax rate
- 25.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $984
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $588
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,936
Left over each month
$6,993 gross, minus $1,778 in tax and $2,936 in living costs.
$2,278
Rank every metro for a data scientist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Slidell, $4,132/mo.
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Questions
What does a data scientist make in Mobile?
$83,910 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 Mobile?
$2,278 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $984, and pay covers 7.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Slidell, about 106 miles away, leaves $4,132 a month, more than Mobile.