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Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers salary in Kentucky

The median security and fire alarm systems installers in Kentucky earns $60,700 a year, 1% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,044 a month.

10th percentile
$45,120
25th percentile
$47,630
Median percentile
$60,700
75th percentile
$63,300
90th percentile
$75,550

Based on 1,080 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

$48,524 take-home a year
Gross pay$60,700
Federal income tax−$5,104
Social Security + Medicare−$4,644
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$2,428
Monthly take-home$4,044
Every two weeks$1,866

Does it go far here?

$67,326Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
24%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 security and fire alarm systems installers salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky