Data Scientists Salary in Scranton, PA

Data Scientists pay range in Scranton

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $50,400 a year or less, while the top 10% make $137,410 or more. The middle half of data scientists in Scranton earn between $67,460 and $108,890.

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

Data Scientists salary after taxes in Scranton

On the average salary of $92,590, a single filer in Scranton takes home about $71,125 a year, or $5,927 a month and $2,736 every two weeks. Taxes take 23% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Local earned income taxes (for example Philadelphia's wage tax) are not included.

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

Prices in the Scranton area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.6), so the average $92,590 buys what about $98,967 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Scranton ($46,330). A typical home costs $227,793, or 2.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Data Scientists salary in other Pennsylvania cities

Scranton ranks 8th of 13 Pennsylvania metro areas for this job; Philadelphia pays the most ($121,630).

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

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