Data scientist · Traverse City, MI
Data scientist in Traverse City: $1,627/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Traverse City at $77,420 a year. About 60 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.48). The 10th percentile is $50,020 and the 90th is $118,450. Pay ranks 268th-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,399/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 $1,627 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sheboygan, about 123 miles away, at $4,760 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,627
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,420
$50,020 to $118,450
Rent (1 bd)
$1,399
$1,666 (2 bd)
Employment
60
Location quotient 0.48
Pay rank
268th of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $77,420.
- Taxes$1,533
- Rent$1,399
- Other living costs$1,893
- Left over$1,627
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,420
- Federal income tax
- −$8,646
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,923
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,052
- City / county wage tax
- −$774
- Take-home pay
- $59,024
- Effective tax rate
- 23.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,399
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,292
Left over each month
$6,452 gross, minus $1,533 in tax and $3,292 in living costs.
$1,627
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 Traverse City?
$77,420 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 60 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Traverse City?
$1,627 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 $1,399, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Sheboygan, about 123 miles away, leaves $4,760 a month, more than Traverse City.