Kentucky take-home pay calculator
What Kentucky withholds on top of federal tax, and what reaches your account.
How Kentucky taxes wages
Kentucky taxes wage income at one flat rate of 3.50%, whatever you earn.
How Kentucky treats pre-tax deductions
- HSA contributions
- Pre-tax, as federally
- Traditional 401(k) contributions
- Pre-tax, as federally
What else Kentucky withholds
Kentucky withholds no employee-paid programme on top of its income tax.
Local income taxes in Kentucky
These are levied by a city, county or district on top of the Kentucky tax. Pick yours in the calculator to include it in the result.
| Place | Rate |
|---|---|
| Louisville Metro | 2.20% of wages |
| Lexington-Fayette | 2.25% of wages |
What this calculator models for Kentucky
Every figure above comes from a published Kentucky document. These are the rules behind those figures that this calculator applies, approximates, or leaves out.
| Rule | In this calculator |
|---|---|
| Some school districts and counties in Kentucky levy an income tax of their own on residents, and this calculator does not apply it. | Not modelled |
| Kentucky grants a credit this calculator does not apply, so the state tax shown is a little higher than what you finally owe. | Not modelled |
Sources
Every Kentucky figure on this page is transcribed from the document it links to below, last checked .
Enter your own salary in the take-home pay calculator to see these Kentucky figures applied to it.