SALARY · HOSTS AND HOSTESSES, RESTAURANT, LOUNGE, AND COFFEE SHOP · KENTUCKY

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop salary in Kentucky

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Kentucky, the middle hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop earned $27,100 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$27,100

$13 per hour at the median · That is $4,100 (13.1 percent) below the national median of $31,200 for this occupation.

$26,900Mean annual salary
$13Mean hourly wage
$5,120People employed in this job in Kentucky

Salary range

25th: $22,520Median: $27,10075th: $29,550
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$22,520
Median (50th percentile)$27,100
75th percentile$29,550
Mean$26,900

The middle half of workers earned from $22,520 to $29,550 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$23,096 a year
$1,925 a month
Federal tax $1,100 · FICA $2,073 · State tax $831

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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