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Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in Kentucky

The median separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in Kentucky earns $58,770 a year, 14% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,921 a month.

10th percentile
$45,160
25th percentile
$49,720
Median percentile
$58,770
75th percentile
$61,020
90th percentile
$71,310

Based on 1,500 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

$47,051 take-home a year
Gross pay$58,770
Federal income tax−$4,872
Social Security + Medicare−$4,496
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$2,351
Monthly take-home$3,921
Every two weeks$1,810

Does it go far here?

$65,185Median 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 separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky