Data Scientists Salary in Wichita, KS

Data Scientists pay range in Wichita

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $67,840 a year or less, while the top 10% make $153,540 or more. The middle half of data scientists in Wichita earn between $78,340 and $128,200.

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

Data Scientists salary after taxes in Wichita

On the average salary of $105,510, a single filer in Wichita takes home about $77,969 a year, or $6,497 a month and $2,999 every two weeks. Taxes take 26% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Wichita area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.9), so the average $105,510 buys what about $118,623 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Wichita ($47,630). A typical home costs $225,557, or 2.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Data Scientists salary in other Kansas cities

Wichita ranks 1st of 2 Kansas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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

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