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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors salary in Lexington, KY

The median educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in Lexington-Fayette, KY earns $65,230 a year, 1% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,332 a month.

10th percentile
$44,180
25th percentile
$55,490
Median percentile
$65,230
75th percentile
$76,850
90th percentile
$89,160

Based on 830 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

$51,983 take-home a year
Gross pay$65,230
Federal income tax−$5,648
Social Security + Medicare−$4,990
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$2,609
Monthly take-home$4,332
Every two weeks$1,999

Does it go far here?

$70,224Median pay in Lexington, KY is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.9 vs 100).
26%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,138 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Lexington, KY

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$283,730
Pharmacists$136,530
Financial Managers$135,760
Sales Managers$124,860
Industrial Production Managers$124,230
Software Developers$123,510
Nurse Practitioners$123,070
Lawyers$111,040

All educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky