Physicians, All Other in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$220,996
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$106,394
32.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$244,280
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
$327,390
Kept after tax
$220,996
Worth in national money
$244,280
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kentucky is one of the better-paying states for physicians, all other. The middle earner takes $327,390, which ranks 15 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 23.11% above the national middle.
- Within Kentucky this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, physicians, all other ranks 1 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Kentucky does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $327,390 you keep $220,996, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $244,280 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $331,860, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kentucky ranks 15 of 50 states publishing a median for physicians, all other, at $327,390 — about 23.11% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Kentucky publishes a median for, physicians, all other sits 1 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 physicians, all other on $327,390 is $220,996. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $244,280 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 $331,860 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Physicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $120,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $327,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $549,810 |
| This salary | $327,390 |
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 | $220,996 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $232,337 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,189 |
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 | $309,288 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,049 |
| 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 physicians, all other in Kentucky earn under $327,390 and half over. The published range runs $120,640 at the tenth percentile to $549,810 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 $220,996, worked from $327,390. 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 1 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kentucky, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $244,280, the adjusted value of that $327,390 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 1 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for physicians, all other in Kentucky, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $120,640 to $549,810; 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 $220,996, on $327,390 for work ranking 1 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 1 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kentucky, so $244,280 — the adjusted value of that $327,390 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 1 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 $120,640 and the top tenth $549,810 — 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 $244,280 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, $220,996 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($120,640) and the ninetieth ($549,810) 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 $244,280 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 $220,996 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.