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Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators salary in Kentucky

The median fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators in Kentucky earns $48,050 a year, 13% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,239 a month.

10th percentile
$22,750
25th percentile
$22,750
Median percentile
$48,050
75th percentile
$55,460
90th percentile
$65,360

Based on 60 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

$38,866 take-home a year
Gross pay$48,050
Federal income tax−$3,586
Social Security + Medicare−$3,676
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$1,922
Monthly take-home$3,239
Every two weeks$1,495

Does it go far here?

$53,295Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
30%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 fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky