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Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators salary in Kentucky

The median rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators in Kentucky earns $73,120 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,779 a month.

10th percentile
$46,650
25th percentile
$51,040
Median percentile
$73,120
75th percentile
$73,200
90th percentile
$73,200

Based on 270 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

$57,345 take-home a year
Gross pay$73,120
Federal income tax−$7,256
Social Security + Medicare−$5,594
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$2,925
Monthly take-home$4,779
Every two weeks$2,206

Does it go far here?

$81,101Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
20%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 rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky