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Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders salary in Kentucky

The median cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders in Kentucky earns $40,840 a year, 1% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,780 a month.

10th percentile
$38,470
25th percentile
$39,400
Median percentile
$40,840
75th percentile
$40,840
90th percentile
$46,980

Based on 70 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

$33,361 take-home a year
Gross pay$40,840
Federal income tax−$2,721
Social Security + Medicare−$3,124
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$1,634
Monthly take-home$2,780
Every two weeks$1,283

Does it go far here?

$45,298Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
35%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 cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky