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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary in Kentucky

The median laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Kentucky earns $42,770 a year, 6% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,903 a month.

10th percentile
$30,890
25th percentile
$35,510
Median percentile
$42,770
75th percentile
$46,830
90th percentile
$49,750

Based on 57,930 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

$34,835 take-home a year
Gross pay$42,770
Federal income tax−$2,952
Social Security + Medicare−$3,272
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$1,711
Monthly take-home$2,903
Every two weeks$1,340

Does it go far here?

$47,438Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
33%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 laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky