Data Scientists Salary in Lafayette, LA

Data Scientists pay range in Lafayette

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $63,580 a year or less, while the top 10% make $130,600 or more. The middle half of data scientists in Lafayette earn between $86,270 and $122,440.

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

Data Scientists salary after taxes in Lafayette

On the average salary of $102,580, a single filer in Lafayette takes home about $78,304 a year, or $6,525 a month and $3,012 every two weeks. Taxes take 24% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Lafayette area are 13% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 87.2), so the average $102,580 buys what about $117,625 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Lafayette ($41,780). A typical home costs $202,312, or 2.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Data Scientists salary in other Louisiana cities

Lafayette ranks 2nd of 5 Louisiana metro areas for this job; Slidell pays the most ($108,690).

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Highest-paying cities for data scientists

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

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