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Surgical Assistants salary in Kentucky

The median surgical assistants in Kentucky earns $84,600 a year, 27% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,414 a month.

10th percentile
$47,470
25th percentile
$55,300
Median percentile
$84,600
75th percentile
$115,030
90th percentile
$154,100

Based on 480 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

$64,962 take-home a year
Gross pay$84,600
Federal income tax−$9,782
Social Security + Medicare−$6,472
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$3,384
Monthly take-home$5,414
Every two weeks$2,499

Does it go far here?

$93,834Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
18%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 surgical assistants salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky