SALARY · DATA SCIENTISTS · NORTH CAROLINA

Data Scientists salary in North Carolina

This is not a guess and it is not a job ad. It is the published BLS figure for data scientists in North Carolina, where the median was $119,090 a year. I keep the source on every page because a salary number without a source is just a story.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$119,090

$57 per hour at the median · That is $1,140 (0.9 percent) below the national median of $120,230 for this occupation.

$121,270Mean annual salary
$58Mean hourly wage
$11,430People employed in this job in North Carolina

Salary range

25th: $82,440Median: $119,09075th: $147,540
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$82,440
Median (50th percentile)$119,090
75th percentile$147,540
Mean$121,270

The middle half of workers earned from $82,440 to $147,540 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$88,367 a year
$7,364 a month
Federal tax $17,370 · FICA $9,110 · State tax $4,243

Caveat: the North Carolina rate is from NCDOR, but the $12,750 deduction comes from the statute text, not an NCDOR deduction page.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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