Registered Nurses Salary in Lexington-Fayette, KY
Median annual salary
$79,040
-19% vs US median ($97,550)
Worth after local cost of living
$91,587
cost index 86.3 (relative rent (Census ACS), US metro median = 100)
Pay range in Lexington-Fayette, KY
| 10th percentile | $66,270 |
| 25th percentile | $75,860 |
| Median (50th) | $79,040 |
| 75th percentile | $97,250 |
| 90th percentile | $107,880 |
| Mean | $86,050 |
| Employed in metro | 8,070 |
A Registered Nurses in Lexington-Fayette, KY earns a median of $79,040 per year. That is 19% below the national median of $97,550 for this occupation. Because Lexington-Fayette, KY has a cost index of 86.3 (below the US metro average of 100), that salary has the local purchasing power of about $91,587 in an average-cost metro.
Local context: median household income in the metro is $71,966, median gross rent $1,138/mo, and the median home value $281,300. See the full Lexington-Fayette, KY cost-of-living profile.