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Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators salary in Kentucky

The median postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators in Kentucky earns $57,430 a year, 2% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,836 a month.

10th percentile
$42,600
25th percentile
$48,880
Median percentile
$57,430
75th percentile
$67,790
90th percentile
$75,030

Based on 950 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

$46,028 take-home a year
Gross pay$57,430
Federal income tax−$4,712
Social Security + Medicare−$4,393
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$2,297
Monthly take-home$3,836
Every two weeks$1,770

Does it go far here?

$63,699Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
25%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 postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky