Pay distribution $76,030 10th $81,950 25th $125,680 75th $151,270 90th
Half of Data Scientists in the Appleton metro area earn more than $103,210 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $81,950 and $125,680.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $76,030 $81,950 $103,210 $125,680 $151,270 Hourly $36.56 $39.40 $49.62 $60.42 $72.72
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Appleton metro areathis metro area
$103,210 median for Appleton metro area; middle half earns $81,950 to $125,680
$106,680 median for Wisconsin; middle half earns $88,060 to $133,860
$120,230 median for United States; middle half earns $85,660 to $158,880
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −3% vs Wisconsin overall and −14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $59,160 $101,133 $143,107 $185,080 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $59,160 Bowling Green, KY — $65,620 Johnson City, TN — $69,330 Williamsport, PA — $70,190 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $71,240 Iowa City, IA — $72,120 Hattiesburg, MS — $72,930 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $73,360 Ithaca, NY — $74,170 Dubuque, IA — $74,790 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $76,090 Bismarck, ND — $76,960 Terre Haute, IN — $77,220 Traverse City, MI — $77,420 Laredo, TX — $78,100 Columbus, GA-AL — $78,620 Baton Rouge, LA — $78,760 Morgantown, WV — $78,950 Utica-Rome, NY — $79,100 Clarksville, TN-KY — $79,200 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $79,280 Pocatello, ID — $79,300 Ames, IA — $79,430 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $79,480 Erie, PA — $79,560 Harrisonburg, VA — $79,560 Flint, MI — $79,610 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $79,720 Charleston, WV — $79,860 Logan, UT-ID — $79,880 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $79,990 Florence, SC — $80,050 Jefferson City, MO — $80,220 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $80,280 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $80,830 Columbia, MO — $80,980 Lewiston, ID-WA — $81,250 Springfield, MO — $81,310 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $81,420 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $81,570 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $81,570 State College, PA — $81,840 Toledo, OH — $82,000 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $82,050 Muncie, IN — $82,160 Bloomington, IN — $83,020 Evansville, IN — $83,140 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $83,340 Abilene, TX — $83,600 Tucson, AZ — $83,650 Mobile, AL — $83,910 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $84,460 Midland, MI — $84,520 Gainesville, GA — $84,670 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $84,750 Saginaw, MI — $85,460 Chambersburg, PA — $86,060 Tulsa, OK — $86,310 Warner Robins, GA — $87,060 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $87,160 Montgomery, AL — $87,640 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $87,750 Lincoln, NE — $87,890 Canton-Massillon, OH — $88,110 Columbia, SC — $88,260 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $89,070 Lubbock, TX — $89,490 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $90,030 Missoula, MT — $90,850 Lancaster, PA — $90,960 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $91,130 Altoona, PA — $91,170 Oklahoma City, OK — $91,240 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $91,340 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $91,490 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $91,630 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $91,740 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $91,760 Springfield, IL — $92,000 Fargo, ND-MN — $92,050 Rome, GA — $92,130 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $92,200 Knoxville, TN — $92,640 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $92,800 Rochester, NY — $92,800 Tuscaloosa, AL — $92,880 Rockford, IL — $92,990 Wilmington, NC — $93,090 Twin Falls, ID — $93,330 Ocala, FL — $93,760 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $93,930 Birmingham, AL — $94,240 Spartanburg, SC — $94,330 Fort Wayne, IN — $94,470 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $94,620 Tallahassee, FL — $94,620 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $94,640 Wichita, KS — $94,680 Columbus, IN — $94,700 Topeka, KS — $94,780 Las Cruces, NM — $94,950 Flagstaff, AZ — $95,080 Port St. Lucie, FL — $95,190 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $95,290 Niles, MI — $95,350 El Paso, TX — $95,430 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $95,550 Waco, TX — $95,730 Monroe, MI — $96,140 Burlington, NC — $96,300 Joplin, MO-KS — $96,650 Pittsburgh, PA — $96,670 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $96,760 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $96,880 Redding, CA — $96,960 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $97,190 Savannah, GA — $97,200 Billings, MT — $97,280 Albany, GA — $97,350 York-Hanover, PA — $97,510 Yuma, AZ — $97,580 Asheville, NC — $97,690 Portland-South Portland, ME — $97,840 Visalia, CA — $97,870 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $97,930 Reno, NV — $97,940 Boise City, ID — $97,950 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $97,980 Lafayette, LA — $98,130 St. George, UT — $98,130 Jackson, MS — $98,290 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $98,390 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $98,400 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $98,470 Killeen-Temple, TX — $98,620 Anchorage, AK — $98,630 Albuquerque, NM — $98,750 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $98,930 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $98,940 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $99,110 Green Bay, WI — $99,340 Duluth, MN-WI — $99,400 Cedar Rapids, IA — $99,410 Eau Claire, WI — $99,410 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $99,560 St. Louis, MO-IL — $99,600 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $99,630 Akron, OH — $99,780 Salinas, CA — $99,850 Kansas City, MO-KS — $99,870 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $99,980 Ogden, UT — $100,190 College Station-Bryan, TX — $100,280 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $100,300 Reading, PA — $100,340 Omaha, NE-IA — $100,830 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $100,920 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $100,950 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $100,990 Dalton, GA — $101,020 Fresno, CA — $101,250 Amarillo, TX — $101,350 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $101,370 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $101,490 Greenville, NC — $101,520 Winston-Salem, NC — $101,570 Napa, CA — $101,830 Cleveland, OH — $101,860 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $101,940 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $101,970 Urban Honolulu, HI — $102,080 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $102,220 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $102,250 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $102,440 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $102,650 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $102,740 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $103,020 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $103,030 Binghamton, NY — $103,130 Appleton, WI — $103,210 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $103,290 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $103,330 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $103,340 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $103,440 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $103,510 Pittsfield, MA — $103,590 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $103,700 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $103,790 Wausau, WI — $104,420 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $104,530 Vallejo, CA — $104,530 Glens Falls, NY — $104,620 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $104,710 Modesto, CA — $104,990 Kingston, NY — $105,160 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $105,400 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $106,060 Roanoke, VA — $106,090 Kenosha, WI — $106,120 Fayetteville, NC — $106,270 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $106,340 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $106,500 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $106,590 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $106,750 Bend, OR — $106,790 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $107,130 Longview, TX — $107,270 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $107,310 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $107,640 Jackson, MI — $107,640 Columbus, OH — $107,950 Syracuse, NY — $108,680 Tyler, TX — $108,780 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $108,940 Gainesville, FL — $109,800 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $109,910 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $109,990 Grand Junction, CO — $111,300 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $111,310 Huntsville, AL — $111,810 Rocky Mount, NC — $111,870 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $112,520 Ann Arbor, MI — $112,680 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $112,910 Corpus Christi, TX — $113,450 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $113,990 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $114,540 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $114,830 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $114,990 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $115,140 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $115,140 Greeley, CO — $116,790 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $117,250 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $119,340 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $119,930 Peoria, IL — $120,000 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $120,040 Bellingham, WA — $120,180 Bozeman, MT — $120,500 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $120,710 Bloomington, IL — $120,760 Springfield, MA — $121,090 New Haven, CT — $121,880 Richmond, VA — $122,510 Jacksonville, FL — $122,680 Worcester, MA — $123,640 Salem, OR — $124,040 Midland, TX — $125,330 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $125,590 Sheboygan, WI — $126,270 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $126,340 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $126,360 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $127,360 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $127,450 Colorado Springs, CO — $127,600 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $127,750 Lexington Park, MD — $129,020 Barnstable Town, MA — $129,530 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $129,600 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $129,740 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $129,780 Winchester, VA-WV — $129,990 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $130,980 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $130,990 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $131,820 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $132,040 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $132,200 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $132,460 Boulder, CO — $134,040 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $134,220 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $134,320 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $135,320 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $135,980 Corvallis, OR — $140,190 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $141,760 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $146,980 Charlottesville, VA — $149,800 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $156,830 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $164,740 Idaho Falls, ID — $167,840 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $170,110 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $185,080 Appleton metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Appleton metro area has the 103rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 282 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Wisconsin Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for data scientists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Appleton metro areathis page
$103,210 median for Appleton metro area; middle half earns $81,950 to $125,680
$126,270 median for Sheboygan metro area; middle half earns $96,300 to $200,560
$106,120 median for Kenosha metro area; middle half earns $77,250 to $131,870
$104,710 median for Milwaukee metro area; middle half earns $89,930 to $129,500
$104,530 median for Racine metro area; middle half earns $94,020 to $116,450
$104,420 median for Wausau metro area; middle half earns $81,380 to $123,550
$100,990 median for La Crosse metro area; middle half earns $83,480 to $125,320
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .