Data Scientists Salary in Huntsville, AL

Data Scientists pay range in Huntsville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $66,860 a year or less, while the top 10% make $174,700 or more. The middle half of data scientists in Huntsville earn between $84,990 and $137,230.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Data Scientists salary after taxes in Huntsville

On the average salary of $115,800, a single filer in Huntsville takes home about $85,578 a year, or $7,131 a month and $3,291 every two weeks. Taxes take 26% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). City occupational taxes (for example in Birmingham and Gadsden) are not included.

Is Huntsville a good place for data scientists? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Huntsville area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.1), so the average $115,800 buys what about $124,420 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Huntsville ($51,740). A typical home costs $316,645, or 2.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Data Scientists salary in other Alabama cities

Huntsville ranks 1st of 6 Alabama metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($212,760).

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