Data Scientists Salary in Traverse City, MI

Data Scientists pay range in Traverse City

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $50,020 a year or less, while the top 10% make $118,450 or more. The middle half of data scientists in Traverse City earn between $54,880 and $100,780.

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

Data Scientists salary after taxes in Traverse City

On the average salary of $81,380, a single filer in Traverse City takes home about $62,869 a year, or $5,239 a month and $2,418 every two weeks. Taxes take 23% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Traverse City area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.4), so the average $81,380 buys what about $87,157 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Traverse City ($47,470). A typical home costs $421,806, or 5.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Data Scientists salary in other Michigan cities

Traverse City ranks 13th 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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