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Salaries in Wichita.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 0.82x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$281,000

Senior VP of Product

Median of All Roles

$113,000

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Entry Level

$28,000

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The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

Wichita, KS has a cost-of-living index of 0.82x the national average. The highest-paying role is Senior VP of Product at $281,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $113,000. Wichita is the air capital of the world, home to major aerospace manufacturers including Spirit AeroSystems, Textron Aviation, and Airbus.

About the Wichita market

Wichita is the air capital of the world, home to major aerospace manufacturers including Spirit AeroSystems, Textron Aviation, and Airbus. The city's engineering talent pool is deep, and the extremely low cost of living means aerospace salaries deliver exceptional purchasing power.

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Top 50 salaries in Wichita

#RoleMedianRange
1Senior VP of Product$281,000$220,000 – $366,000
2SVP of Technology$276,000$235,000 – $359,000
3SVP of Engineering$274,000$232,000 – $356,000
4SVP of Finance$271,000$231,000 – $352,000
5Chief Security Officer$268,000$209,000 – $348,000
6SVP of Product$266,000$226,000 – $345,000
7Senior VP of Security$265,000$225,000 – $344,000
8Chief AI Officer$264,000$196,000 – $341,000
9SVP of AI Innovation$258,000$219,000 – $335,000
10VP of Platform Engineering$258,000$220,000 – $336,000
11VP of Database Engineering$258,000$220,000 – $336,000
12Chief Science Officer$257,000$200,000 – $334,000
13VP of Risk$256,000$217,000 – $333,000
14VP of Support Engineering$256,000$218,000 – $333,000
15VP of Application Engineering$256,000$218,000 – $333,000
16SVP of Data$255,000$216,000 – $331,000
17VP of Machine Learning$253,000$216,000 – $330,000
18VP of Privacy$253,000$216,000 – $330,000
19SVP of Strategy$253,000$198,000 – $329,000
20VP of Core Engineering$253,000$216,000 – $330,000
21VP of Cloud$251,000$214,000 – $326,000
22VP of Analytics$251,000$214,000 – $326,000
23VP of Developer Experience$251,000$214,000 – $326,000
24VP of Partner Engineering$251,000$214,000 – $326,000
25VP of Network Engineering$251,000$214,000 – $326,000
26Chief Design Officer$249,000$194,000 – $324,000
27Chief Strategy Officer$249,000$194,000 – $324,000
28VP of Finance$248,000$211,000 – $323,000
29VP of IT$248,000$212,000 – $323,000
30VP of Information Security$248,000$212,000 – $323,000
31VP of Data$248,000$212,000 – $323,000
32SVP of Sales$248,000$194,000 – $323,000
33Chief Risk Officer$247,000$193,000 – $322,000
34VP of Engineering$246,000$209,000 – $320,000
35VP of Data Engineering$246,000$209,000 – $320,000
36VP of Security$246,000$209,000 – $320,000
37Chief Legal Officer$246,000$192,000 – $320,000
38Chief Architect$246,000$209,000 – $320,000
39VP of Solutions Engineering$246,000$209,000 – $320,000
40VP of Field Engineering$246,000$209,000 – $320,000
41VP of Quality$246,000$209,000 – $320,000
42VP of Cybersecurity$246,000$209,000 – $320,000
43Chief Machine Learning Officer$244,000$190,000 – $317,000
44CTO$244,000$190,000 – $317,000
45Senior Head of Security$244,000$208,000 – $317,000
46Senior VP of Design$244,000$191,000 – $317,000
47VP of Data Science$243,000$207,000 – $317,000
48VP of Reliability Engineering$243,000$207,000 – $317,000
49Chief Commercial Officer$242,000$189,000 – $315,000
50VP of AI Product$241,000$205,000 – $313,000

Tax considerations

Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.7%. Wichita has no city income tax. The moderate state rate combined with very low housing costs creates strong net pay.

Negotiating in Wichita

Highlight aerospace engineering expertise. Wichita manufacturers pay competitive national rates for specialized aviation and defense engineering talent.

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