Data scientist · Bowling Green, KY
Data scientist in Bowling Green: $1,355/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Bowling Green at $65,620 a year. About 40 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.31). The 10th percentile is $46,680 and the 90th is $128,220. Pay ranks 280th-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($948/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,355 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Decatur, about 239 miles away, at $3,873 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,355
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$65,620
$46,680 to $128,220
Rent (1 bd)
$948
$1,129 (2 bd)
Employment
40
Location quotient 0.31
Pay rank
280th of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $65,620.
- Taxes$1,212
- Rent$948
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$1,355
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $65,620
- Federal income tax
- −$6,050
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,020
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,494
- City / county wage tax
- −$984
- Take-home pay
- $51,071
- Effective tax rate
- 22.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $948
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,901
Left over each month
$5,468 gross, minus $1,212 in tax and $2,901 in living costs.
$1,355
Rank every metro for a data scientist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Decatur, $3,873/mo.
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Questions
What does a data scientist make in Bowling Green?
$65,620 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 40 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Bowling Green?
$1,355 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $948, and pay covers 5.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Decatur, about 239 miles away, leaves $3,873 a month, more than Bowling Green.