Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,478
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$8,902
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,637
Kentucky costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Kentucky — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$48,380
Kept after tax
$39,478
Worth in national money
$43,637
State rank
28
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kentucky is 28 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,380. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 294 among 491 occupations Kentucky publishes pay for.
- Kentucky is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,380 the take-home is $39,478; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,637 would nationally. The average comes to $55,620, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Kentucky ranks 28 of 45 for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers at $48,380. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 294 of 491 in Kentucky places audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Kentucky, on $48,380, is $39,478 — equivalent to $43,637 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $55,620 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,250 |
| This salary | $48,380 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Kentucky | $39,478 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,053 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,390 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $46,419 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,681 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Kentucky earn under $48,380 and half over. The published range runs $46,040 at the tenth percentile to $67,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,478 take-home in Kentucky comes from $48,380. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 294 of 491.
- Two cautions on $43,637, the adjusted value of that $48,380 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Kentucky. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 294 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Kentucky, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,040 to $67,250; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $39,478, from $48,380, assumes a single Kentucky filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 294 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 45 for it.
- This $43,637 adjusted figure, worked from $48,380, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 294 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 294 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $55,620, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,040 at the tenth percentile, $67,250 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Kentucky is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $43,637 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Kentucky then takes its own share, leaving $39,478.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Kentucky is $55,620. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,040 to $67,250) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Kentucky rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Kentucky's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $43,637 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $39,478 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Kentucky income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.