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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary in Kentucky

The median bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Kentucky earns $46,550 a year, 8% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,143 a month.

10th percentile
$30,090
25th percentile
$37,450
Median percentile
$46,550
75th percentile
$56,610
90th percentile
$66,930

Based on 23,480 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

$37,721 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,550
Federal income tax−$3,406
Social Security + Medicare−$3,561
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$1,862
Monthly take-home$3,143
Every two weeks$1,451

Does it go far here?

$51,631Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
31%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 bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky