First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,076
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$15,414
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,195
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
$73,490
Kept after tax
$58,076
Worth in national money
$64,195
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kentucky pays this job a middle wage of $73,490, 47 of 51 states and about 8.05% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Kentucky this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 117 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Kentucky does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $73,490 you keep $58,076, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $64,195 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $74,220, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kentucky's $73,490 median for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers places it 47 of 51 states, about 8.05% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Ranked against every occupation Kentucky publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers sits 117 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 first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers on $73,490 is $58,076. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $64,195 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 $74,220 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,630 |
| This salary | $73,490 |
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 | $58,076 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,530 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,905 |
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 | $70,001 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,631 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Kentucky earn less than $73,490. The published range is $46,750 up to $99,630, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $58,076 take-home in Kentucky comes from $73,490. 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 117 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $64,195 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 117.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in Kentucky the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,750 to $99,630. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $58,076, from $73,490, 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 117 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $64,195, worked from $73,490, 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 117 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,750 at the tenth percentile, $99,630 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 $64,195.
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 $58,076.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,750 to $99,630) 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 $64,195 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 $58,076 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.