Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,025
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$24,315
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,035
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
$100,340
Kept after tax
$76,025
Worth in national money
$84,035
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kentucky pays this job a middle wage of $100,340, 39 of 51 states and about 6.43% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Kentucky this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 46 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Kentucky does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $100,340 you keep $76,025, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $84,035 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $109,950, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kentucky's $100,340 median for transportation, storage, and distribution managers places it 39 of 51 states, about 6.43% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Kentucky publishes a median for, transportation, storage, and distribution managers sits 46 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 transportation, storage, and distribution managers on $100,340 is $76,025. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $84,035 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 $109,950 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $175,390 |
| This salary | $100,340 |
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 | $76,025 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,419 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,307 |
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 | $95,515 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,187 |
| 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 transportation, storage, and distribution managers in Kentucky earn under $100,340 and half over. The published range runs $58,250 at the tenth percentile to $175,390 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kentucky the take-home figure of $76,025, from $100,340, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 46 of 491 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kentucky, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $84,035, the adjusted value of that $100,340 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 46 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for transportation, storage, and distribution managers in Kentucky, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $58,250 to $175,390; 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.
- Take-home for Kentucky is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $76,025 from $100,340. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 46 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kentucky, so $84,035 — the adjusted value of that $100,340 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 46 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $109,950, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $58,250 and the top tenth $175,390 — 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 $84,035 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, $76,025 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $109,950. 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 ($58,250) and the ninetieth ($175,390) 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 $84,035 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 $76,025 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.