Data scientist · Lexington, KY
Data scientist in Lexington: $2,230/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Lexington at $84,460 a year. About 230 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.47). The 10th percentile is $61,890 and the 90th is $139,370. Pay ranks 231st-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,135/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 $2,230 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Morristown, about 149 miles away, at $3,784 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,230
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$84,460
$61,890 to $139,370
Rent (1 bd)
$1,135
$1,351 (2 bd)
Employment
230
Location quotient 0.47
Pay rank
231st of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $84,460.
- Taxes$1,764
- Rent$1,135
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$2,230
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $84,460
- Federal income tax
- −$10,195
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,461
- State income tax (KY)
- −$3,248
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,267
- Take-home pay
- $63,289
- Effective tax rate
- 25.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,135
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $541
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,044
Left over each month
$7,038 gross, minus $1,764 in tax and $3,044 in living costs.
$2,230
Rank every metro for a data scientist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Morristown, $3,784/mo.
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Questions
What does a data scientist make in Lexington?
$84,460 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 230 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Lexington?
$2,230 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 $1,135, and pay covers 6.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Morristown, about 149 miles away, leaves $3,784 a month, more than Lexington.