Data scientist · Battle Creek, MI
Data scientist in Battle Creek: $3,333/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a Battle Creek median for this job. The paycheck used here is the Michigan median, $100,590 a year. BLS still counts about 80 data scientist jobs in the metro, without a published wage. Michigan has about 7,360 data scientist jobs. The 10th percentile is $60,830 and the 90th is $162,670. On the pay used here, Battle Creek ranks 195th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 9.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($897/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,333 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sheboygan, about 172 miles away, at $4,760 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,333
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$100,590
State median
Rent (1 bd)
$897
$1,068 (2 bd)
Employment
80
Location quotient 0.88
Pay rank
195th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
9.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $100,590.
- Taxes$2,207
- Rent$897
- Other living costs$1,946
- Left over$3,333
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $100,590
- Federal income tax
- −$13,744
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,695
- State income tax (MI)
- −$4,037
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,006
- Take-home pay
- $74,108
- Effective tax rate
- 26.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $897
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $577
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,843
Left over each month
$8,383 gross, minus $2,207 in tax and $2,843 in living costs.
$3,333
Rank every metro for a data scientist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sheboygan, $4,760/mo.
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Questions
What does a data scientist make in Battle Creek?
$100,590 a year. That figure is the Michigan median from BLS OEWS May 2025, because the metro wage was not published. About 80 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Battle Creek?
$3,333 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $897, and pay covers 9.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Sheboygan, about 172 miles away, leaves $4,760 a month, more than Battle Creek.