SALARY · CONSTRUCTION LABORERS · KENTUCKY

Construction Laborers salary in Kentucky

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In Kentucky, construction laborers earned a median of $45,710 a year. From there, this page walks through the range, the hourly rate, how many people do the job here, and what stays in your pocket after federal tax and FICA.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$45,710

$22 per hour at the median · That is $1,410 (3.0 percent) below the national median of $47,120 for this occupation.

$45,840Mean annual salary
$22Mean hourly wage
$13,280People employed in this job in Kentucky

Salary range

25th: $37,700Median: $45,71075th: $50,040
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$37,700
Median (50th percentile)$45,710
75th percentile$50,040
Mean$45,840

The middle half of workers earned from $37,700 to $50,040 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$37,426 a year
$3,119 a month
Federal tax $3,305 · FICA $3,497 · State tax $1,482

Caveat: the Kentucky form was retrieved via a reproduction, not directly from revenue.ky.gov.

Kentucky city and county occupational taxes are separate and are not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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