Data scientist · Saginaw, MI
Data scientist in Saginaw: $2,558/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Saginaw at $85,460 a year. About 80 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.59). The 10th percentile is $46,000 and the 90th is $131,940. Pay ranks 227th-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($856/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 $2,558 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sheboygan, about 186 miles away, at $4,760 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,558
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$85,460
$46,000 to $131,940
Rent (1 bd)
$856
$1,019 (2 bd)
Employment
80
Location quotient 0.59
Pay rank
227th of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $85,460.
- Taxes$1,767
- Rent$856
- Other living costs$1,941
- Left over$2,558
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $85,460
- Federal income tax
- −$10,415
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,538
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,394
- City / county wage tax
- −$855
- Take-home pay
- $64,258
- Effective tax rate
- 24.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $856
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $573
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,797
Left over each month
$7,122 gross, minus $1,767 in tax and $2,797 in living costs.
$2,558
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 Saginaw?
$85,460 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 80 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Saginaw?
$2,558 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 $856, and pay covers 8.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Sheboygan, about 186 miles away, leaves $4,760 a month, more than Saginaw.