Sales and Related Workers, All Other in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,715
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$9,275
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,005
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
$49,990
Kept after tax
$40,715
Worth in national money
$45,005
State rank
15
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kentucky is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $49,990, which ranks 15 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 3.54% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Kentucky reports figures for, this is number 273.
- Here is where Kentucky does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,990 you keep $40,715, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $45,005 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $46,060, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Kentucky ranks 15 of 48 states publishing a median for sales and related workers, all other, at $49,990 — about 3.54% 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.
- In Kentucky's occupational distribution, sales and related workers, all other sits at 273 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Kentucky income tax, retained pay for sales and related workers, all other on $49,990 is $40,715. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $45,005 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 $46,060 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Sales and Related Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,520 |
| This salary | $49,990 |
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 | $40,715 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,347 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,427 |
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 | $47,959 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,725 |
| 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 $49,990. The published range is $21,250 up to $75,520, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $40,715 take-home in Kentucky comes from $49,990. 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 273 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kentucky, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,005, the adjusted value of that $49,990 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 273 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for sales and related workers, all other in Kentucky the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $21,250 to $75,520. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $40,715, from $49,990, 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 273 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kentucky, so $45,005 — the adjusted value of that $49,990 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 273 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 $46,060, 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 $21,250 at the bottom tenth to $75,520 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $45,005.
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 $40,715 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $46,060. 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 ($21,250) and the ninetieth ($75,520) 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 $45,005 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 $40,715 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.