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Certified nursing assistant salary in Kentucky

Open certified nursing assistant jobs in Kentucky post a median of $19.63 an hour, the middle half $17.93–$20.72 (about $40,800 a year full time), $1.90 below the national posted median. From 12 jobs at 8 employers that state their pay.

$19.63
Median posted /hr
$17.93–$20.72
Middle half /hr
$40,800
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$18.45
BLS median in KY
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Certified nursing assistant jobs in Kentucky · Certified nursing assistant pay nationwide

What certified nursing assistants are paid in Kentucky

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $19.63 an hour. Middle half $17.93 to $20.72. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 12 open jobs in Kentucky. Lowest posted $14.50, highest $25.

Posted on open jobs in Kentucky

$17.93–$20.72/hr

Middle half of 12 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $19.63. 10% of the 117 open certified nursing assistant jobs in Kentucky state an hourly rate.

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Certified nursing assistant pay by town in Kentucky

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Paducah$18.49$17.99–$223 (2)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Certified nursing assistant pay by employer in Kentucky

What each employer posts for certified nursing assistants here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Charter Senior Living$17.25$14.50–$223
Cedarhurst$19.38$16–$222
Easterseals West Kentucy$18.24$17.99–$18.992
Majestic Care$25$251
Henderson Nursing and Rehab$21.63$18.25–$251
Boyd Nursing and Rehabilitation$20.63$17.25–$241
Carter Nursing and Rehabilitation$20.50$18.50–$22.501
PACS Group$19.25$17.50–$211

Median of each employer's jobs in Kentucky (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for certified nursing assistants nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open certified nursing assistant jobs in Kentucky

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Kentucky

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Kentucky. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Nursing Assistants (31-1131)$14.61 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$17.38 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$18.45 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$21.21 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$22.33 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)23,410 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Certified nursing assistant salary in Kentucky: common questions

How much does a certified nursing assistant make in Kentucky?

Open certified nursing assistant jobs in Kentucky that state an hourly rate post a median of $19.63, the middle half $17.93–$20.72 (12 jobs from 8 employers). Full time that is about $40,800 a year. BLS measured a median of $18.45/hr ($38,370 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Kentucky (May 2025).

How does Kentucky compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Kentucky ($19.63) is $1.90 below the national posted median of $21.53. In the BLS survey Kentucky ranks 37 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 12 of 117 open certified nursing assistant jobs in Kentucky (10%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Certified nursing assistant pay in other states

Certified nursing assistant salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Nursing Assistants & Patient Care Techs job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →Kentucky pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 29, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Certified nursing assistant salary in Kentucky. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/certified-nursing-assistant/kentucky

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