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Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers salary in Kentucky

The median dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers in Kentucky earns $26,330 a year, 23% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $1,853 a month.

10th percentile
$15,870
25th percentile
$20,640
Median percentile
$26,330
75th percentile
$30,780
90th percentile
$37,330

Based on 3,350 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

$22,240 take-home a year
Gross pay$26,330
Federal income tax−$1,023
Social Security + Medicare−$2,014
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$1,053
Monthly take-home$1,853
Every two weeks$855

Does it go far here?

$29,204Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
52%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 dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky