Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,036
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$23,824
24.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,941
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
$98,860
Kept after tax
$75,036
Worth in national money
$82,941
State rank
31
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Kentucky pays this job around $98,860 at the midpoint, 31 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Kentucky. It ranks 50 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Kentucky is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $98,860 the take-home is $75,036; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $82,941 would nationally. The average lands at $96,860, below the middle of the range.
- For electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay the Kentucky median is $98,860, ranking 31 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Kentucky, electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay ranks 50 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Kentucky, on $98,860, is $75,036 — equivalent to $82,941 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 $96,860 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $110,660 |
| This salary | $98,860 |
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 | $75,036 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,378 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,285 |
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 | $94,109 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,156 |
| 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 electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Kentucky earn under $98,860 and half over. The published range runs $78,480 at the tenth percentile to $110,660 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kentucky the take-home figure of $75,036, from $98,860, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 50 of 491 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $82,941 uses one figure for the whole of Kentucky. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 50.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Kentucky, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $78,480 to $110,660; 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.
- Take-home for Kentucky is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $75,036 from $98,860. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 50 of 491 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $82,941, worked from $98,860, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Kentucky address, on work sitting at 50 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $78,480 at the tenth percentile, $110,660 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $82,941.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Kentucky adds its own income tax on top — which is why $75,036 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($78,480 to $110,660) 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 $82,941 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 $75,036 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.