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Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators salary in Kentucky

The median industrial truck and tractor operators in Kentucky earns $46,630 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,149 a month.

10th percentile
$35,540
25th percentile
$38,820
Median percentile
$46,630
75th percentile
$59,470
90th percentile
$70,840

Based on 11,270 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

$37,782 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,630
Federal income tax−$3,416
Social Security + Medicare−$3,567
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$1,865
Monthly take-home$3,149
Every two weeks$1,453

Does it go far here?

$51,720Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
31%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 truck and tractor operators salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky