Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,155
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$21,405
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,547
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
$91,560
Kept after tax
$70,155
Worth in national money
$77,547
State rank
3
of 49 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 $91,560, ranking 3 of 49 states and sitting about 39.17% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Kentucky reports, this job comes in at 66 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Kentucky is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $91,560 the take-home is $70,155; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $77,547 would nationally. The average lands at $88,140, below the middle of the range.
- Kentucky's median for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other is $91,560, about 39.17% above the national figure and 3 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other ranks 66 of 491 occupations by median in Kentucky, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other in Kentucky, on $91,560, is $70,155 — equivalent to $77,547 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 $88,140 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,130 |
| This salary | $91,560 |
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 | $70,155 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,242 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,176 |
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 | $87,172 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,005 |
| 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 $91,560. The published range is $50,830 up to $131,130, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $70,155 take-home in Kentucky comes from $91,560. 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 66 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kentucky, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $77,547, the adjusted value of that $91,560 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 66 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other in Kentucky the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,830 to $131,130. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $70,155, from $91,560, 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 66 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kentucky, so $77,547 — the adjusted value of that $91,560 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 66 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 $88,140, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $50,830 at the bottom tenth to $131,130 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $77,547 in national terms.
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 $70,155 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $88,140. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($50,830) and the ninetieth ($131,130) 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 $77,547 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 $70,155 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.