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Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop salary in Kentucky

The median hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in Kentucky earns $27,100 a year, 13% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $1,904 a month.

10th percentile
$19,150
25th percentile
$22,520
Median percentile
$27,100
75th percentile
$29,550
90th percentile
$35,300

Based on 5,120 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

$22,843 take-home a year
Gross pay$27,100
Federal income tax−$1,100
Social Security + Medicare−$2,073
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$1,084
Monthly take-home$1,904
Every two weeks$879

Does it go far here?

$30,058Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
51%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 hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky