Mechanical Door Repairers in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,748
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$11,092
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,673
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
$57,840
Kept after tax
$46,748
Worth in national money
$51,673
State rank
15
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kentucky is one of the better-paying states for mechanical door repairers. The middle earner takes $57,840, which ranks 15 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 3.8% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Mechanical door repairers ranks 236 among 491 occupations Kentucky publishes pay for.
- Kentucky is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,840 the take-home is $46,748; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $51,673 would nationally. The average lands at $57,810, below the middle of the range.
- Kentucky ranks 15 of 45 states publishing a median for mechanical door repairers, at $57,840 — about 3.8% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 236 of 491 in Kentucky places mechanical door repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for mechanical door repairers in Kentucky, on $57,840, is $46,748 — equivalent to $51,673 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 $57,810 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Mechanical Door Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,940 |
| This salary | $57,840 |
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 | $46,748 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,654 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,604 |
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 | $55,467 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,940 |
| 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 mechanical door repairers in Kentucky earn under $57,840 and half over. The published range runs $41,040 at the tenth percentile to $75,940 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $46,748 take-home in Kentucky comes from $57,840. 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 236 of 491.
- Two cautions on $51,673, the adjusted value of that $57,840 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 236 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for mechanical door repairers in Kentucky, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $41,040 to $75,940; 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.
- Retained pay of $46,748, from $57,840, 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 236 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 45 for it.
- This $51,673 adjusted figure, worked from $57,840, 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 236 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 236 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $41,040 at the bottom tenth to $75,940 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $51,673.
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 $46,748 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($41,040 to $75,940) 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 $51,673 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 $46,748 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.