Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders salary in Kentucky
The median food cooking machine operators and tenders in Kentucky earns $41,800 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,841 a month.
- 10th percentile
- $36,360
- 25th percentile
- $38,040
- Median percentile
- $41,800
- 75th percentile
- $52,780
- 90th percentile
- $52,990
Based on 300 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
$34,094 take-home a year
| Gross pay | $41,800 |
| Federal income tax | −$2,836 |
| Social Security + Medicare | −$3,198 |
| Kentucky income tax (approx.) | −$1,672 |
| Monthly take-home | $2,841 |
| Every two weeks | $1,311 |
Does it go far here?
$46,363Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
34%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($967 a month, Census ACS).
Top-paying jobs in Kentucky
| Job | Median 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 food cooking machine operators and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky