Data Scientists salary in Kansas

The median Data Scientist in Kansas earned $110,320 in 2024, about 4.6% below the US median of $115,636. That gap is smaller than it looks once you account for cost of living. Kansas prices run roughly 10% below the national average, so that $110,320 buys closer to $122,600 in national-baseline terms. On that basis, Kansas actually comes out ahead.

The spread between the lowest and highest earners is wide. The 10th percentile sits at $45,940, while the 90th reaches $148,850. Top earners make about 3.2 times what someone at the entry level does. That kind of range usually reflects a mix of experience levels, sub-specialties, and the types of organizations doing the hiring. A data scientist at a regional bank is doing different work at a different pay scale than one building models for a large logistics or agriculture company.

Employment in this occupation in Kansas was 340 in 2024. That is a small base. Small totals can make wage figures more volatile from year to year, so a single large employer entering or leaving the market can shift the state median noticeably.

BLS projects 33.5% growth for Data Scientists nationally between 2024 and 2034, placing it in the much faster than average category. Kansas figures are tied to the same underlying demand for people who can work with large datasets, a need that has been growing across sectors well beyond traditional tech.

The mean of $107,300 is slightly below the median of $110,320, which is unusual. It suggests the higher-earning end of the distribution is not pulling the average up the way it does in most professional occupations. Worth keeping in mind when comparing Kansas figures to national averages where the mean typically runs well above the median.