Salaries in Kentucky

Median annual wage across all occupations: $46,920

The median annual wage in Kentucky is $46,920, or about $23 per hour. Pay at the 10th percentile is $13 and at the 90th percentile is $47.

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Pay amountPay period

Hours / weekWeeks / year

Hourly: $22.56
Daily: $180
Weekly: $902
Bi-weekly: $1,805
Monthly: $3,910
Annual: $46,920

$46,920 a year is around the 90th percentile for all workers in Kentucky. The median is $46,920.

Highest-paying occupations in Kentucky

Cardiologists$558,180 Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$350,950 Anesthesiologists$347,960 Neurologists$338,850 Physicians, All Other$327,390 Physicians, Pathologists$324,390 Obstetricians and Gynecologists$317,110 Radiologists$279,990 Family Medicine Physicians$248,730 General Internal Medicine Physicians$241,530 Psychiatrists$237,770 Nurse Anesthetists$222,520 Podiatrists$201,260 Dermatologists$195,830 Physicists$180,910

Most common occupations

Occupation	Median annual	Employment
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$42,770	57,930
General and Operations Managers	$79,370	52,100
Retail Salespersons	$29,650	51,250
Registered Nurses	$81,040	50,300
Stockers and Order Fillers	$36,810	47,730
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	$47,950	47,320
Cashiers	$28,590	44,550
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$27,130	41,860
Customer Service Representatives	$38,700	38,630
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$56,340	31,760
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	$36,440	31,260
Office Clerks, General	$37,870	29,750
Waiters and Waitresses	$29,660	27,150
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$38,750	26,430
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$32,320	25,750
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$46,550	23,480
Nursing Assistants	$38,370	23,410
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$46,810	22,190
Cooks, Fast Food	$23,500	21,750
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$63,180	19,670
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$60,610	19,080
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$44,200	18,420
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$40,080	18,290
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$35,810	18,010
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	$30,160	16,330
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$42,830	16,130
Light Truck Drivers	$43,230	15,630
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$64,280	15,550
Food Preparation Workers	$26,850	15,390
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$72,490	13,820

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