Data scientist · Louisville, KY
Data scientist in Louisville: $3,128/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median data scientist wage in Louisville at $99,980 a year. About 650 data scientist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.56). The 10th percentile is $64,100 and the 90th is $164,110. Pay ranks 132nd-highest of 281 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,047/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,128 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Bloomington, about 230 miles away, at $4,532 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,128
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$99,980
$64,100 to $164,110
Rent (1 bd)
$1,047
$1,247 (2 bd)
Employment
650
Location quotient 0.56
Pay rank
132nd of 281
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, data scientist pay of $99,980.
- Taxes$2,277
- Rent$1,047
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$3,128
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $99,980
- Federal income tax
- −$13,610
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,648
- State income tax (KY)
- −$3,868
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,200
- Take-home pay
- $72,654
- Effective tax rate
- 27.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,047
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,926
Left over each month
$8,332 gross, minus $2,277 in tax and $2,926 in living costs.
$3,128
Rank every metro for a data scientist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Bloomington, $4,532/mo.
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Questions
What does a data scientist make in Louisville?
$99,980 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 650 data scientist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a data scientist in Louisville?
$3,128 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax Rent is $1,047, and pay covers 8.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a data scientist keep more?
Bloomington, about 230 miles away, leaves $4,532 a month, more than Louisville.