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Air Traffic Controllers salary in Kentucky

The median air traffic controllers in Kentucky earns $127,800 a year, 14% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $7,792 a month.

10th percentile
$66,150
25th percentile
$97,840
Median percentile
$127,800
75th percentile
$151,240
90th percentile
$168,650

Based on 230 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

$93,505 take-home a year
Gross pay$127,800
Federal income tax−$19,406
Social Security + Medicare−$9,777
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$5,112
Monthly take-home$7,792
Every two weeks$3,596

Does it go far here?

$141,750Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
12%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 air traffic controllers salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky