Data scientist · Myrtle Beach, SC
Data scientist in Myrtle Beach: $2,460/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Myrtle Beach at $91,740 a year. About 100 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.40). The 10th percentile is $65,570 and the 90th is $141,710. Pay ranks 206th-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,319/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,460 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Charlotte, about 135 miles away, at $4,735 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,460
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$91,740
$65,570 to $141,710
Rent (1 bd)
$1,319
$1,570 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 0.40
Pay rank
206th of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $91,740.
- Taxes$1,910
- Rent$1,319
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$2,460
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $91,740
- Federal income tax
- −$11,797
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,018
- State income tax (SC)
- −$4,105
- Take-home pay
- $68,820
- Effective tax rate
- 25.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,319
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $564
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,275
Left over each month
$7,645 gross, minus $1,910 in tax and $3,275 in living costs.
$2,460
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 Myrtle Beach?
$91,740 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 Myrtle Beach?
$2,460 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,319, and pay covers 5.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Charlotte, about 135 miles away, leaves $4,735 a month, more than Myrtle Beach.