SALARY · NURSE PRACTITIONERS · KENTUCKY

Nurse Practitioners salary in Kentucky

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Kentucky, the middle nurse practitioners earned $122,870 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$122,870

$59 per hour at the median · That is $9,430 (7.1 percent) below the national median of $132,300 for this occupation.

$125,010Mean annual salary
$60Mean hourly wage
$4,770People employed in this job in Kentucky

Salary range

25th: $106,240Median: $122,87075th: $132,720
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$106,240
Median (50th percentile)$122,870
75th percentile$132,720
Mean$125,010

The middle half of workers earned from $106,240 to $132,720 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$91,065 a year
$7,589 a month
Federal tax $18,223 · FICA $9,400 · State tax $4,183

Caveat: the Kentucky form was retrieved via a reproduction, not directly from revenue.ky.gov.

Kentucky city and county occupational taxes are separate and are not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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