Data Scientists Salary in Lansing, MI

Data Scientists pay range in Lansing

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $60,800 a year or less, while the top 10% make $131,030 or more. The middle half of data scientists in Lansing earn between $74,750 and $114,230.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Data Scientists salary after taxes in Lansing

On the average salary of $94,390, a single filer in Lansing takes home about $70,582 a year, or $5,882 a month and $2,715 every two weeks. Taxes take 25% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Includes Lansing's local income tax (1%).

Is Lansing a good place for data scientists? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Lansing area are 5% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.0), so the average $94,390 buys what about $99,367 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Lansing ($52,800). A typical home costs $250,377, or 2.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Data Scientists salary in other Michigan cities

Lansing ranks 8th of 13 Michigan metro areas for this job; Detroit pays the most ($111,040).

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San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($212,760).

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