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Industrial Engineers salary in Kentucky

The median industrial engineers in Kentucky earns $96,820 a year, 5% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $6,089 a month.

10th percentile
$65,980
25th percentile
$79,390
Median percentile
$96,820
75th percentile
$116,150
90th percentile
$135,720

Based on 6,070 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

$73,070 take-home a year
Gross pay$96,820
Federal income tax−$12,470
Social Security + Medicare−$7,407
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$3,873
Monthly take-home$6,089
Every two weeks$2,810

Does it go far here?

$107,388Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
16%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 industrial engineers salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky