SALARY · REGISTERED NURSES · KENTUCKY

Registered Nurses salary in Kentucky

Averages can hide a lot. Medians hide less. That is why this page leads with the median for registered nurses in Kentucky: $81,040 a year. The mean is listed too, so you can see when a small group of high earners pulls the average upward.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$81,040

$39 per hour at the median · That is $16,510 (16.9 percent) below the national median of $97,550 for this occupation.

$86,140Mean annual salary
$41Mean hourly wage
$50,300People employed in this job in Kentucky

Salary range

25th: $75,670Median: $81,04075th: $97,200
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$75,670
Median (50th percentile)$81,040
75th percentile$97,200
Mean$86,140

The middle half of workers earned from $75,670 to $97,200 a year. Do not read the percentile range as good versus bad jobs. It mostly reflects experience, hours, employer type and local demand. A new starter near the 25th percentile and a veteran near the 75th can both be fairly paid for their stage.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$63,123 a year
$5,260 a month
Federal tax $8,999 · FICA $6,200 · State tax $2,719

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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