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Data Scientists · SOC 15-2051

Data Scientist Salary in the Athens Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area

Figures describe the Athens-Clarke County, GA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Athens city limits.

Median annual wage$76,090
Median hourly wage$36.58

Data Scientists in the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area earned a median of $76,090 per year ($36.58 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,250 at the 10th percentile to $155,210 at the 90th. BLS estimates 30 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Data Scientists in the Athens metro area earn more than $76,090 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $57,550 and $105,200.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$48,250$57,550$76,090$105,200$155,210
Hourly$23.20$27.67$36.58$50.58$74.62

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.

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How this area compares

  • Athens metro areathis metro area
    $76,090
  • Georgiastate (GA)
    $104,340
  • United Statesnational
    $120,230

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −27% vs Georgia overall and −37% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$59,160$101,133$143,107$185,080Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $59,160Bowling Green, KY — $65,620Johnson City, TN — $69,330Williamsport, PA — $70,190Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $71,240Iowa City, IA — $72,120Hattiesburg, MS — $72,930Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $73,360Ithaca, NY — $74,170Dubuque, IA — $74,790Athens-Clarke County, GA — $76,090Bismarck, ND — $76,960Terre Haute, IN — $77,220Traverse City, MI — $77,420Laredo, TX — $78,100Columbus, GA-AL — $78,620Baton Rouge, LA — $78,760Morgantown, WV — $78,950Utica-Rome, NY — $79,100Clarksville, TN-KY — $79,200Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $79,280Pocatello, ID — $79,300Ames, IA — $79,430Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $79,480Erie, PA — $79,560Harrisonburg, VA — $79,560Flint, MI — $79,610Youngstown-Warren, OH — $79,720Charleston, WV — $79,860Logan, UT-ID — $79,880Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $79,990Florence, SC — $80,050Jefferson City, MO — $80,220San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $80,280Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $80,830Columbia, MO — $80,980Lewiston, ID-WA — $81,250Springfield, MO — $81,310Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $81,420Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $81,570South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $81,570State College, PA — $81,840Toledo, OH — $82,000Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $82,050Muncie, IN — $82,160Bloomington, IN — $83,020Evansville, IN — $83,140Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $83,340Abilene, TX — $83,600Tucson, AZ — $83,650Mobile, AL — $83,910Lexington-Fayette, KY — $84,460Midland, MI — $84,520Gainesville, GA — $84,670Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $84,750Saginaw, MI — $85,460Chambersburg, PA — $86,060Tulsa, OK — $86,310Warner Robins, GA — $87,060Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $87,160Montgomery, AL — $87,640Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $87,750Lincoln, NE — $87,890Canton-Massillon, OH — $88,110Columbia, SC — $88,260Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $89,070Lubbock, TX — $89,490Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $90,030Missoula, MT — $90,850Lancaster, PA — $90,960Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $91,130Altoona, PA — $91,170Oklahoma City, OK — $91,240Chattanooga, TN-GA — $91,340Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $91,490McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $91,630Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $91,740Champaign-Urbana, IL — $91,760Springfield, IL — $92,000Fargo, ND-MN — $92,050Rome, GA — $92,130Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $92,200Knoxville, TN — $92,640Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $92,800Rochester, NY — $92,800Tuscaloosa, AL — $92,880Rockford, IL — $92,990Wilmington, NC — $93,090Twin Falls, ID — $93,330Ocala, FL — $93,760Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $93,930Birmingham, AL — $94,240Spartanburg, SC — $94,330Fort Wayne, IN — $94,470Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $94,620Tallahassee, FL — $94,620Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $94,640Wichita, KS — $94,680Columbus, IN — $94,700Topeka, KS — $94,780Las Cruces, NM — $94,950Flagstaff, AZ — $95,080Port St. Lucie, FL — $95,190Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $95,290Niles, MI — $95,350El Paso, TX — $95,430Macon-Bibb County, GA — $95,550Waco, TX — $95,730Monroe, MI — $96,140Burlington, NC — $96,300Joplin, MO-KS — $96,650Pittsburgh, PA — $96,670Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $96,760Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $96,880Redding, CA — $96,960Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $97,190Savannah, GA — $97,200Billings, MT — $97,280Albany, GA — $97,350York-Hanover, PA — $97,510Yuma, AZ — $97,580Asheville, NC — $97,690Portland-South Portland, ME — $97,840Visalia, CA — $97,870Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $97,930Reno, NV — $97,940Boise City, ID — $97,950Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $97,980Lafayette, LA — $98,130St. George, UT — $98,130Jackson, MS — $98,290New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $98,390Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $98,400Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $98,470Killeen-Temple, TX — $98,620Anchorage, AK — $98,630Albuquerque, NM — $98,750Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $98,930Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $98,940Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $99,110Green Bay, WI — $99,340Duluth, MN-WI — $99,400Cedar Rapids, IA — $99,410Eau Claire, WI — $99,410Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $99,560St. Louis, MO-IL — $99,600Janesville-Beloit, WI — $99,630Akron, OH — $99,780Salinas, CA — $99,850Kansas City, MO-KS — $99,870Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $99,980Ogden, UT — $100,190College Station-Bryan, TX — $100,280Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $100,300Reading, PA — $100,340Omaha, NE-IA — $100,830Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $100,920Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $100,950La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $100,990Dalton, GA — $101,020Fresno, CA — $101,250Amarillo, TX — $101,350Stockton-Lodi, CA — $101,370Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $101,490Greenville, NC — $101,520Winston-Salem, NC — $101,570Napa, CA — $101,830Cleveland, OH — $101,860Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $101,940Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $101,970Urban Honolulu, HI — $102,080Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $102,220Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $102,250Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $102,440Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $102,650Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $102,740Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $103,020Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $103,030Binghamton, NY — $103,130Appleton, WI — $103,210San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $103,290Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $103,330Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $103,340Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $103,440Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $103,510Pittsfield, MA — $103,590Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $103,700Manchester-Nashua, NH — $103,790Wausau, WI — $104,420Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $104,530Vallejo, CA — $104,530Glens Falls, NY — $104,620Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $104,710Modesto, CA — $104,990Kingston, NY — $105,160Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $105,400Greensboro-High Point, NC — $106,060Roanoke, VA — $106,090Kenosha, WI — $106,120Fayetteville, NC — $106,270Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $106,340Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $106,500Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $106,590Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $106,750Bend, OR — $106,790Eugene-Springfield, OR — $107,130Longview, TX — $107,270Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $107,310Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $107,640Jackson, MI — $107,640Columbus, OH — $107,950Syracuse, NY — $108,680Tyler, TX — $108,780Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $108,940Gainesville, FL — $109,800Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $109,910Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $109,990Grand Junction, CO — $111,300Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $111,310Huntsville, AL — $111,810Rocky Mount, NC — $111,870Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $112,520Ann Arbor, MI — $112,680Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $112,910Corpus Christi, TX — $113,450Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $113,990Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $114,540San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $114,830Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $114,990Naples-Marco Island, FL — $115,140Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $115,140Greeley, CO — $116,790Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $117,250Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $119,340Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $119,930Peoria, IL — $120,000Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $120,040Bellingham, WA — $120,180Bozeman, MT — $120,500Raleigh-Cary, NC — $120,710Bloomington, IL — $120,760Springfield, MA — $121,090New Haven, CT — $121,880Richmond, VA — $122,510Jacksonville, FL — $122,680Worcester, MA — $123,640Salem, OR — $124,040Midland, TX — $125,330Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $125,590Sheboygan, WI — $126,270Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $126,340Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $126,360Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $127,360Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $127,450Colorado Springs, CO — $127,600Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $127,750Lexington Park, MD — $129,020Barnstable Town, MA — $129,530Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $129,600Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $129,740Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $129,780Winchester, VA-WV — $129,990Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $130,980San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $130,990Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $131,820Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $132,040Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $132,200Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $132,460Boulder, CO — $134,040Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $134,220Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $134,320Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $135,320New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $135,980Corvallis, OR — $140,190Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $141,760North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $146,980Charlottesville, VA — $149,800Kennewick-Richland, WA — $156,830Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $164,740Idaho Falls, ID — $167,840San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $170,110San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $185,080

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 Athens metro area has the 272nd-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 Georgia

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for data scientists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Athens metro areathis page
    $76,090
  • Atlanta metro area
    $108,940
  • Dalton metro area
    $101,020
  • Albany metro area
    $97,350
  • Savannah metro area
    $97,200
  • Macon metro area
    $95,550
  • Augusta metro area
    $92,800

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Computer User Support Specialists$51,810Software Developers$106,870Network and Computer Systems Administrators$73,430Computer Occupations, All Other$88,610Computer Systems Analysts$65,410Web and Digital Interface Designers$52,360

Highest-paying metro areas for data scientists · Highest-paying occupations in Athens Metro

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.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.