Data Scientists in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,625
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$26,715
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,275
Georgia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Georgia — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$104,340
Kept after tax
$77,625
Worth in national money
$80,275
State rank
23
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Georgia pays data scientists around $104,340 at the midpoint, 23 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Georgia this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, data scientists ranks 50 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $104,340 you keep $77,625, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $80,275 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $115,940, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For data scientists the Georgia median is $104,340, ranking 23 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Georgia publishes a median for, data scientists sits 50 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for data scientists on $104,340 is $77,625. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $80,275 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $115,940 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Data Scientists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,010 |
| This salary | $104,340 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Georgia | $77,625 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,233 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,349 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $97,790 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,007 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of data scientists in Georgia earn under $104,340 and half over. The published range runs $67,750 at the tenth percentile to $170,010 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $77,625, worked from $104,340. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 50 of 492.
- Two cautions on $80,275, the adjusted value of that $104,340 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Georgia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 50 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for data scientists in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $67,750 to $170,010; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Georgia take-home of $77,625, on $104,340 for work ranking 50 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 50 of 492 in the state.
- This $80,275 adjusted figure, worked from $104,340, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 50 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 50 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $115,940 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $67,750 at the bottom tenth to $170,010 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Georgia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $80,275 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Georgia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $77,625 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Georgia is $115,940. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($67,750) and the ninetieth ($170,010) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Georgia's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $80,275 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $77,625 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Georgia income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.