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Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers salary in Kentucky

The median painting, coating, and decorating workers in Kentucky earns $42,220 a year, 1% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,868 a month.

10th percentile
$34,640
25th percentile
$36,650
Median percentile
$42,220
75th percentile
$57,780
90th percentile
$60,050

Based on 200 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

$34,415 take-home a year
Gross pay$42,220
Federal income tax−$2,886
Social Security + Medicare−$3,230
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$1,689
Monthly take-home$2,868
Every two weeks$1,324

Does it go far here?

$46,828Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
34%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 painting, coating, and decorating workers salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky