Data Scientists salary in Spartanburg, SC

Median pay for data scientists in Spartanburg, SC: $88,210/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $63,240 – $142,830 · about 100 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($93,540) by −$5,330 (-6%).

What it's really worth in Spartanburg

With Spartanburg's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $88,210 has the buying power of about $97,481 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $61,955 · median home $279,792 · median rent $1,473/mo.

Full Spartanburg cost of living & taxes →

How Spartanburg ranks for this job

On raw pay, Spartanburg, SC is 107th of the 171 metros we hold data scientists wages for. Once Spartanburg's cost of living is applied, it ranks 91st.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Spartanburg sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Spartanburg

A median home in Spartanburg, SC costs $279,792 — about 3.2× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,473/mo works out at 20% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where data scientists earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Spartanburg.

Metro	Median pay	vs Spartanburg	Rent vs Spartanburg
San Jose, CA	$171,800	+95%	2.5×
San Francisco, CA	$163,430	+85%	2.2×
Seattle, WA	$135,610	+54%	1.5×
Washington, DC	$135,080	+53%	1.6×

Same job elsewhere in SC

Metro	Median pay	vs Spartanburg	Rent vs Spartanburg
Charleston, SC	$94,650	+7%	1.4×
Myrtle Beach, SC	$90,260	+2%	1.2×
Greenville, SC	$88,980	+1%	1×
Columbia, SC	$84,430	−4%	1×

Staying in SC keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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