Top Cities in the US for Data Scientists in terms of Salary vs Cost of Living

We analyzed 20,000 US Data Science job postings from June 2024 - Jan 2024 with quoted salaries: computed median salaries by City, and compared them to the cost of living.

Source: [Data Scientists Salary article](https://jobs-in-data.com/salary/data-scientist-salary)

Here is the Top 10:

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Here is the full ranking:

|Rank|City|Annual Salary|Annual Cost of Living|Annual Savings|N job offers|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|1|[Santa Clara](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-santa%20clara)|207125|39408|167717|537|
|2|[South San Francisco](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-south%20san%20francisco)|198625|37836|160789|95|
|3|[Palo Alto](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-palo%20alto)|182250|42012|140238|74|
|4|[Sunnyvale](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-sunnyvale)|175500|39312|136188|185|
|5|[San Jose](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-san%20jose)|165350|42024|123326|376|
|6|[San Bruno](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-san%20bruno)|160000|37776|122224|92|
|7|[Redwood City](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-redwood%20city)|160000|40308|119692|51|
|8|[Hillsboro](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-hillsboro)|141000|26448|114552|54|
|9|[Pleasanton](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-pleasanton)|154250|43404|110846|72|
|10|[Bentonville](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-bentonville)|135000|26184|108816|41|
|11|[San Francisco](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-san%20francisco)|153550|44748|108802|1034|
|12|[Birmingham](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-birmingham)|130000|22428|107572|78|
|13|[Alameda](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-alameda)|147500|40056|107444|48|
|14|[Seattle](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-seattle)|142500|35688|106812|446|
|15|[Milwaukee](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-milwaukee)|130815|24792|106023|47|
|16|[Rahway](https://jobs-in-data.com/c-rahway)|138500|32484|106016|116| …

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