State comparison · 2025
Data Scientists salary: California vs Kansas
Data Scientists in California earn a median of $141,590. In Kansas, $98,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.4% — not 44.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.3%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+17.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Data Scientists
- Median
- $141,590
- p25
- $103,360
- p75
- $186,820
- p10
- $77,480
- p90
- $224,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
Kansas
Data Scientists
- Median
- $98,130
- p25
- $75,970
- p75
- $131,390
- p10
- $60,520
- p90
- $154,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.