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Marketing Managers salary in Wichita, KS

Median pay for marketing managers in Wichita, KS: $128,410/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $75,300 – $209,600 · about 240 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($127,800) by +$610 (+0%).

What it's really worth in Wichita

With Wichita's cost of living at 89 (US=100), that $128,410 has the buying power of about $143,602 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $66,643 · median home $225,557 · median rent $1,201/mo.

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How Wichita ranks for this job

On raw pay, Wichita, KS is 88th of the 183 metros we hold marketing managers wages for. Once Wichita's cost of living is applied, it ranks 47th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Wichita is one of the places where marketing managers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Wichita

A median home in Wichita, KS costs $225,557 — about 1.8× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,201/mo works out at 11% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where marketing managers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Wichita.

MetroMedian payvs WichitaRent vs Wichita
San Jose, CA $217,300 +69%
San Francisco, CA $209,170 +63% 2.7×
Trenton, NJ $202,000 +57% 2.2×
New York, NY $176,530 +37% 2.9×

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 183 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.