Data Scientists in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$92,023
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$36,777
28.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,503
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$128,800
Kept after tax
$92,023
Worth in national money
$93,503
State rank
7
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for data scientists is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $128,800, putting the state 7 of 49 — about 7.13% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Minnesota. It ranks 30 out of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $128,800, tax leaves $92,023, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $93,503 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $126,290.
- For data scientists, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $128,800, ranking 7 of 49 and running about 7.13% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Minnesota, data scientists ranks 30 of 490 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for data scientists — median $128,800 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $92,023 retained, $93,503 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $126,290 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Data Scientists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $128,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $179,640 |
| This salary | $128,800 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Minnesota | $92,023 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,301 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,684 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $118,256 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,195 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $128,800 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,730 and the ninetieth is $179,640 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $92,023 take-home in Minnesota comes from $128,800. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 30 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $93,503 uses one figure for the whole of Minnesota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 30.
- The Minnesota median of $128,800 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,730 to $179,640. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $92,023, from $128,800, assumes a single Minnesota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 30 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $93,503, worked from $128,800, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Minnesota address, on work sitting at 30 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $65,730, the highest tenth $179,640, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Minnesota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $93,503 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $92,023 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($65,730) and the ninetieth ($179,640) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $93,503 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $92,023 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.