Data scientist · Lansing, MI
Data scientist in Lansing: $2,612/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Lansing at $87,160 a year. About 490 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.33). The 10th percentile is $60,800 and the 90th is $131,030. Pay ranks 223rd-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($980/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 $2,612 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sheboygan, about 173 miles away, at $4,760 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,612
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$87,160
$60,800 to $131,030
Rent (1 bd)
$980
$1,167 (2 bd)
Employment
490
Location quotient 1.33
Pay rank
223rd of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $87,160.
- Taxes$1,816
- Rent$980
- Other living costs$1,855
- Left over$2,612
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $87,160
- Federal income tax
- −$10,789
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,668
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,466
- City / county wage tax
- −$872
- Take-home pay
- $65,365
- Effective tax rate
- 25.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $980
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $486
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,835
Left over each month
$7,263 gross, minus $1,816 in tax and $2,835 in living costs.
$2,612
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 Lansing?
$87,160 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 490 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Lansing?
$2,612 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 $980, and pay covers 7.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Sheboygan, about 173 miles away, leaves $4,760 a month, more than Lansing.