Data Scientists salary in Michigan

Michigan's median Data Scientist wage was $99,470 in 2024, about 14% below the US median of $115,636. That gap is real, but it tells only part of the story.

Michigan's cost of living sits at 92.9 on a national index where 100 is average. After adjusting for what the money actually buys, the effective purchasing power of that $99,470 lands closer to $107,000 in national-baseline dollars. The headline gap shrinks to roughly 7%.

The spread within the state is wide. Data Scientists at the 10th percentile earned $59,860 in 2024. Those at the 90th percentile earned $146,120, about 2.4 times as much. That range reflects how differently the role is defined across employers: some hire for entry-level analytics work, others for senior research positions that overlap with machine learning engineering. Where someone sits in that range depends heavily on experience, the kinds of jobs that hire here, and whether the role leans toward analysis or model development.

The mean wage of $102,030 runs modestly above the median, which tells us a smaller group of higher-paid Data Scientists pulls the average up. The distribution is not dramatically uneven by the standards of this occupation nationally, but the effect is visible.

BLS projects employment in this occupation to grow 33.5% between 2024 and 2034, a pace it classifies as much faster than average. With roughly 6,450 Data Scientists employed in Michigan in 2024, the state already has a meaningful base. Whether that growth rate holds depends on factors BLS does not model at the state level, so we report the national projection as context, not a Michigan-specific forecast.