Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,586
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$8,634
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,652
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
$47,220
Kept after tax
$38,586
Worth in national money
$42,652
State rank
12
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Kentucky pays this job a middle wage of $47,220, ranking 12 of 48 states and sitting about 2.99% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Kentucky, this sits in the middle: 315 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Kentucky does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $47,220 you keep $38,586, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,652 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $47,320, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kentucky's median for electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers is $47,220, about 2.99% above the national figure and 12 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers ranks 315 of 491 occupations in Kentucky by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Kentucky income tax, retained pay for electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers on $47,220 is $38,586. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,652 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $47,320 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,650 |
| This salary | $47,220 |
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 | $38,586 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,121 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,364 |
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 | $45,309 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,650 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,220 as a midpoint for Kentucky, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,790 and the ninetieth is $59,650 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kentucky's $38,586, worked from $47,220. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 315 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kentucky, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,652, the adjusted value of that $47,220 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 315 of 491 in the state.
- The Kentucky median of $47,220 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,790 to $59,650. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Kentucky take-home of $38,586, on $47,220 for work ranking 315 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 315 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kentucky, so $42,652 — the adjusted value of that $47,220 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 315 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,790 at the tenth percentile, $59,650 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Kentucky sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $42,652 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $38,586.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,790 to $59,650) 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 $42,652 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 $38,586 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.