Data scientist · Scranton, PA
Data scientist in Scranton: $2,269/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Scranton at $84,750 a year. About 200 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.46). The 10th percentile is $50,400 and the 90th is $137,410. Pay ranks 228th-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,070/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 $2,269 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 72 miles away, at $4,835 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,269
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$84,750
$50,400 to $137,410
Rent (1 bd)
$1,070
$1,274 (2 bd)
Employment
200
Location quotient 0.46
Pay rank
228th of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $84,750.
- Taxes$1,683
- Rent$1,070
- Other living costs$2,041
- Left over$2,269
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $84,750
- Federal income tax
- −$10,259
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,483
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,602
- City / county wage tax
- −$848
- Take-home pay
- $64,558
- Effective tax rate
- 23.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,070
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $586
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,111
Left over each month
$7,063 gross, minus $1,683 in tax and $3,111 in living costs.
$2,269
Rank every metro for a data scientist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $4,835/mo.
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Questions
What does a data scientist make in Scranton?
$84,750 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 200 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Scranton?
$2,269 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 $1,070, and pay covers 6.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Elmira, about 72 miles away, leaves $4,835 a month, more than Scranton.