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Logging Equipment Operators salary in Kentucky

The median logging equipment operators in Kentucky earns $30,230 a year, 39% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,105 a month.

10th percentile
$20,800
25th percentile
$25,320
Median percentile
$30,230
75th percentile
$48,940
90th percentile
$51,460

Based on 300 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

$25,261 take-home a year
Gross pay$30,230
Federal income tax−$1,448
Social Security + Medicare−$2,313
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$1,209
Monthly take-home$2,105
Every two weeks$972

Does it go far here?

$33,530Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
46%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 logging equipment operators salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky