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Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters salary in Kentucky

The median plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in Kentucky earns $64,160 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,264 a month.

10th percentile
$44,860
25th percentile
$50,000
Median percentile
$64,160
75th percentile
$84,840
90th percentile
$94,710

Based on 6,360 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

$51,166 take-home a year
Gross pay$64,160
Federal income tax−$5,519
Social Security + Medicare−$4,908
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$2,566
Monthly take-home$4,264
Every two weeks$1,968

Does it go far here?

$71,163Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
23%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 plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky