Family Medicine Physicians in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$173,760
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$74,970
30.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$192,068
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
$248,730
Kept after tax
$173,760
Worth in national money
$192,068
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Kentucky pays family medicine physicians around $248,730 at the midpoint, 27 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Kentucky this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, family medicine physicians ranks 2 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Kentucky does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $248,730 you keep $173,760, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $192,068 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $254,740, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For family medicine physicians the Kentucky median is $248,730, ranking 27 of 51 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Kentucky publishes a median for, family medicine physicians sits 2 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Kentucky income tax, retained pay for family medicine physicians on $248,730 is $173,760. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $192,068 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 $254,740 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Family Medicine Physicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $108,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $248,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $487,240 |
| This salary | $248,730 |
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 | $173,760 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $182,348 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,419 |
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 | $235,649 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,541 |
| 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 family medicine physicians in Kentucky earn under $248,730 and half over. The published range runs $108,750 at the tenth percentile to $487,240 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kentucky's $173,760, worked from $248,730. 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 2 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kentucky, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $192,068, the adjusted value of that $248,730 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 2 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for family medicine physicians in Kentucky, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $108,750 to $487,240; 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.
- The Kentucky take-home of $173,760, on $248,730 for work ranking 2 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 2 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kentucky, so $192,068 — the adjusted value of that $248,730 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 2 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $108,750 and the top tenth $487,240 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $192,068 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 $173,760.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($108,750) and the ninetieth ($487,240) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $192,068 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 $173,760 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.