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Commercial and Industrial Designers salary in Kentucky

The median commercial and industrial designers in Kentucky earns $76,100 a year, 9% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,944 a month.

10th percentile
$51,020
25th percentile
$65,670
Median percentile
$76,100
75th percentile
$81,740
90th percentile
$104,900

Based on 420 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

$59,322 take-home a year
Gross pay$76,100
Federal income tax−$7,912
Social Security + Medicare−$5,822
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$3,044
Monthly take-home$4,944
Every two weeks$2,282

Does it go far here?

$84,406Median 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 commercial and industrial designers salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky