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Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary salary in Kentucky

The median teaching assistants, except postsecondary in Kentucky earns $30,160 a year, 18% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,101 a month.

10th percentile
$23,980
25th percentile
$27,810
Median percentile
$30,160
75th percentile
$37,100
90th percentile
$46,370

Based on 16,330 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

$25,207 take-home a year
Gross pay$30,160
Federal income tax−$1,439
Social Security + Medicare−$2,307
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$1,206
Monthly take-home$2,101
Every two weeks$970

Does it go far here?

$33,452Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
46%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 teaching assistants, except postsecondary salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky