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Accountants and Auditors salary in Kentucky

The median accountants and auditors in Kentucky earns $75,270 a year, 10% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,898 a month.

10th percentile
$50,750
25th percentile
$61,040
Median percentile
$75,270
75th percentile
$96,780
90th percentile
$121,230

Based on 11,930 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$58,772 take-home a year
Gross pay$75,270
Federal income tax−$7,729
Social Security + Medicare−$5,758
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$3,011
Monthly take-home$4,898
Every two weeks$2,260

Does it go far here?

$83,486Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
20%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($967 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Kentucky

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$350,950
Anesthesiologists$347,960
Physicians, All Other$327,390
Family Medicine Physicians$248,730
General Internal Medicine Physicians$241,530
Nurse Anesthetists$222,520
Chief Executives$179,530
Emergency Medicine Physicians$169,390

All accountants and auditors salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky