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Data Scientists salary in Atlantic City, NJ

Median pay for data scientists in Atlantic City, NJ: $100,580/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $60,370 – $162,090 · about 60 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($93,540) by +$7,040 (+8%).

What it's really worth in Atlantic City

With Atlantic City's cost of living at 99 (US=100), that $100,580 has the buying power of about $101,694 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $73,113 · median home $384,211 · median rent $2,151/mo.

Full Atlantic City cost of living & taxes →

How Atlantic City ranks for this job

On raw pay, Atlantic City, NJ is 61st of the 171 metros we hold data scientists wages for. Once Atlantic City's cost of living is applied, it ranks 67th.

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

What that salary buys in Atlantic City

A median home in Atlantic City, NJ costs $384,211 — about 3.8× 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 $2,151/mo works out at 26% 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 Atlantic City.

MetroMedian payvs Atlantic CityRent vs Atlantic City
San Jose, CA $171,800 +71% 1.7×
San Francisco, CA $163,430 +62% 1.5×
Seattle, WA $135,610 +35%
Washington, DC $135,080 +34% 1.1×

Same job elsewhere in NJ

MetroMedian payvs Atlantic CityRent vs Atlantic City
Trenton, NJ $133,960 +33% 1.2×

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

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 171 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.