Statisticians in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,167
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$28,353
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,035
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
$112,520
Kept after tax
$84,167
Worth in national money
$93,035
State rank
10
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Kentucky pays statisticians a middle wage of $112,520, ranking 10 of 45 states and sitting about 6.5% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Kentucky reports, statisticians comes in at 26 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $112,520 you keep $84,167 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $93,035 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $113,540, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kentucky's median for statisticians is $112,520, about 6.5% above the national figure and 10 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Statisticians ranks 26 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.
- Retained pay in Kentucky is $84,167 after the full tax stack, from $112,520. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $93,035 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $113,540 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Statisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $73,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $112,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $147,250 |
| This salary | $112,520 |
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 | $84,167 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $87,988 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,490 |
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 | $107,089 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,439 |
| 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 statisticians in Kentucky earn under $112,520 and half over. The published range runs $73,710 at the tenth percentile to $147,250 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 $84,167, worked from $112,520. 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 26 of 491.
- Two cautions on $93,035, the adjusted value of that $112,520 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 26 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for statisticians in Kentucky, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $73,710 to $147,250; 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 $84,167, on $112,520 for work ranking 26 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 26 of 491 in the state.
- This $93,035 adjusted figure, worked from $112,520, 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 26 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 26 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $73,710 and the top tenth $147,250, so most people doing this work in Kentucky sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $93,035 in national terms.
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 $84,167 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 ($73,710 to $147,250) 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 $93,035 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 $84,167 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.