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Rehabilitation Counselors salary in Kentucky

The median rehabilitation counselors in Kentucky earns $58,540 a year, 25% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,906 a month.

10th percentile
$33,000
25th percentile
$40,050
Median percentile
$58,540
75th percentile
$70,380
90th percentile
$77,790

Based on 790 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

$46,875 take-home a year
Gross pay$58,540
Federal income tax−$4,845
Social Security + Medicare−$4,478
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$2,342
Monthly take-home$3,906
Every two weeks$1,803

Does it go far here?

$64,930Median 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 rehabilitation counselors salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky