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Rock Splitters, Quarry salary in Kentucky

The median rock splitters, quarry in Kentucky earns $44,000 a year, 10% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,981 a month.

10th percentile
$38,310
25th percentile
$40,100
Median percentile
$44,000
75th percentile
$48,710
90th percentile
$52,890

Based on 310 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

$35,774 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,000
Federal income tax−$3,100
Social Security + Medicare−$3,366
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$1,760
Monthly take-home$2,981
Every two weeks$1,376

Does it go far here?

$48,803Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
32%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 rock splitters, quarry salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky