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Kentucky Hourly Paycheck Calculator
Turn an hourly rate and weekly hours into Kentucky take-home pay after federal, state and FICA taxes for 2026.
At $25 an hour for 40 hours a week, a single filer in Kentucky grosses $2,000 per biweekly paycheck and takes home about $1,621 in 2026 — $20.26 for every hour worked — after $4,060 a year in federal income tax, $3,978 FICA, and $1,820 Kentucky state income tax.
Your Take-Home Pay
per paycheck
Federal Rate
7.8%
State Rate
3.5%
FICA Rate
7.6%
Total Rate
19.0%
This calculator provides estimates based on projected 2026 federal and state tax rates. Actual take-home pay may vary based on your specific tax situation, W-4 settings, and employer deductions. Consult a tax professional for personalized advice.
2026 federal tables from IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32; Kentucky rates from state revenue departments and the Tax Foundation (2026 rates; bracket thresholds follow the latest published state tables, 2025 where a state has not released 2026 figures). Reviewed by Junead Khan. Last updated .
What else comes out of a Kentucky paycheck
Kentucky has no statewide employee payroll premium that we track (disability, paid leave, long-term care or unemployment contributions). Beyond income tax and the federal FICA lines (6.2% Social Security up to the annual wage base and 1.45% Medicare), what else comes out depends on local taxes:
Louisville, Lexington and many other Kentucky cities and counties levy an occupational license tax on wages earned there. This calculator has no local-tax input, so if one applies to you, subtract it from the estimate yourself.
Kentucky hourly pay questions.
About $20.26 an hour, or $1,621 per biweekly paycheck on 40 hours a week, for a single filer with no pre-tax deductions in 2026. That is $42,142 a year on $52,000 gross.
Multiply your rate by hours per week and by 52 for annual gross pay, then subtract federal income tax, FICA (7.65% on most wages: Social Security stops at the annual wage base and an extra 0.9% Medicare applies above $200,000) and Kentucky state income tax. The calculator above does this for any rate, hours and pay frequency. It treats every hour at your base rate, so add overtime premiums to your rate yourself if you regularly work more than 40 hours.
No. Kentucky taxes wages the same way whether you are paid hourly or a salary; only the annual total matters. The withholding on each check is based on your projected annual pay.
A flat 3.5% on taxable income.
Estimates use 2026 federal and state tax rates and assume the hours you enter every week. Your actual paycheck varies with W-4 settings, overtime, tips, credits, local taxes and employer deductions.
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