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Office Clerks, General salary in Kentucky

The median office clerks, general in Kentucky earns $37,870 a year, 16% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,591 a month.

10th percentile
$22,640
25th percentile
$30,430
Median percentile
$37,870
75th percentile
$46,760
90th percentile
$56,750

Based on 29,750 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

$31,094 take-home a year
Gross pay$37,870
Federal income tax−$2,364
Social Security + Medicare−$2,897
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$1,515
Monthly take-home$2,591
Every two weeks$1,196

Does it go far here?

$42,004Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
37%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 office clerks, general salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky