Hospitals and Health Care nurse pay in Kentucky
$84,469median posted offer#29 of 41 states for Hospitals and Health Care
Hospitals and Health Care nurses in Kentucky are being offered a median $84,469 a year across 15 live postings that state pay — 9% below the national Hospitals and Health Care median of $92,352. Updated September 10, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Hospitals and Health Care in Kentucky?
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Other specialties in Kentucky
- Medical/Surgical 5 postings$111k
- ICU 9 postings$109k
- Acute Care 7 postings$105k
- Travel 7 postings$105k
- Registered Nurses 34 postings$85k
- Healthcare Occupations 38 postings$83k
- Nursing Occupations 38 postings$83k
- Patient Care Nursing Occupations 38 postings$83k
Or see all nurse pay in Kentucky (212 postings), or Hospitals and Health Care pay across every state.
What to do with this
- See the rolesSee open nursing roles in KentuckyEvery posting behind these numbers is a live job you can open and apply to.
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Questions nurses ask
- How much do Hospitals and Health Care nurses make in Kentucky?
- Across 15 live Hospitals and Health Care postings in Kentucky that state pay, the median offer is $84,469 a year. The middle half runs $76,440–$85,154, and the top 10% start at $88,494.
- Is Kentucky a good state for Hospitals and Health Care nurses?
- On posted pay, Kentucky ranks #29 of 41 states for Hospitals and Health Care. The median there is 9% below the national Hospitals and Health Care median of $92,352. Pay is one axis — shift, ratios, and cost of living decide whether the job is worth it.
- Where do these numbers come from?
- Midpoint of stated salary ranges on live nursing job postings; values outside $20,000–$800,000/yr treated as parse artifacts and excluded; groups under 5 postings suppressed. Headline figures blend every employment type; `employmentTypes` splits the same postings into staff, travel, PRN and agency bands, each annualized on the posting's own stated terms (weekly travel rates at 52 weeks), so a rate is only ever ranked against its own band. Community-reported figures are anonymous, unverified, and reported separately.