Management Analysts in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,876
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$22,754
23.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,555
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
$95,630
Kept after tax
$72,876
Worth in national money
$80,555
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Kentucky pays management analysts around $95,630 at the midpoint, 32 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Kentucky reports, management analysts comes in at 59 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Kentucky is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $95,630 the take-home is $72,876; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $80,555 would nationally. The average comes to $97,790, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For management analysts the Kentucky median is $95,630, ranking 32 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.
- Management analysts ranks 59 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 management analysts in Kentucky, on $95,630, is $72,876 — equivalent to $80,555 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 $97,790 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Management Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $139,180 |
| This salary | $95,630 |
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 | $72,876 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,106 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,237 |
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 | $91,039 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,089 |
| 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 $95,630. The published range is $58,660 up to $139,180, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $72,876 take-home in Kentucky comes from $95,630. 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 59 of 491.
- Two cautions on $80,555, the adjusted value of that $95,630 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Kentucky. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 59 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for management analysts in Kentucky the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $58,660 to $139,180. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $72,876, from $95,630, 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 59 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 51 for it.
- This $80,555 adjusted figure, worked from $95,630, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 59 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 59 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $58,660 at the bottom tenth to $139,180 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 $80,555 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Kentucky's own levy, $72,876 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($58,660) and the ninetieth ($139,180) 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 $80,555 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 $72,876 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.