Purchasing Managers in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$92,025
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$32,325
26.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$101,721
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
$124,350
Kept after tax
$92,025
Worth in national money
$101,721
State rank
40
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kentucky pays purchasing managers a middle wage of $124,350, 40 of 50 states and about 16.03% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Kentucky reports, purchasing managers comes in at 18 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Kentucky does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $124,350 you keep $92,025, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $101,721 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $127,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kentucky's $124,350 median for purchasing managers places it 40 of 50 states, about 16.03% 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.
- Purchasing managers ranks 18 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.
- After federal, FICA and Kentucky income tax, retained pay for purchasing managers on $124,350 is $92,025. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $101,721 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 $127,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $174,690 |
| This salary | $124,350 |
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 | $92,025 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,259 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,663 |
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 | $118,258 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,786 |
| 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 $124,350. The published range is $76,770 up to $174,690, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kentucky's $92,025, worked from $124,350. 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 18 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $101,721 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 18.
- Reported values are medians; for purchasing managers in Kentucky the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $76,770 to $174,690. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Kentucky take-home of $92,025, on $124,350 for work ranking 18 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 18 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $101,721, worked from $124,350, 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 18 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $76,770 at the bottom tenth to $174,690 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Kentucky sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $101,721 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $92,025 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($76,770) and the ninetieth ($174,690) 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 $101,721 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 $92,025 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.