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Librarians and Media Collections Specialists salary in Kentucky

The median librarians and media collections specialists in Kentucky earns $65,200 a year, 4% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,330 a month.

10th percentile
$45,950
25th percentile
$54,020
Median percentile
$65,200
75th percentile
$76,840
90th percentile
$85,190

Based on 1,980 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

$51,960 take-home a year
Gross pay$65,200
Federal income tax−$5,644
Social Security + Medicare−$4,988
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$2,608
Monthly take-home$4,330
Every two weeks$1,998

Does it go far here?

$72,317Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
22%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 librarians and media collections specialists salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky