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Operating room nurse salary in Kentucky

Open operating room nurse jobs in Kentucky post a median of $49.49 an hour, the middle half $42.94–$53.85 (about $102,900 a year full time), $3.01 below the national posted median. From 8 jobs at 4 employers that state their pay.

$49.49
Median posted /hr
$42.94–$53.85
Middle half /hr
$102,900
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$38.96
BLS median in KY
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Operating room nurse jobs in Kentucky · Operating room nurse pay nationwide

What operating room nurses 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 $49.49 an hour. Middle half $42.94 to $53.85. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 8 open jobs in Kentucky. Lowest posted $19.14, highest $100.

Posted on open jobs in Kentucky

$42.94–$53.85/hr

Middle half of 8 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $49.49. 16% of the 49 open operating room nurse jobs in Kentucky state an hourly rate.

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Operating room nurse pay by employer in Kentucky

What each employer posts for operating room nurses here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
CommonSpirit Health$52.19$30–$1004
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$51.99$47.74–$56.212
Norton Healthcare$47$471
Deaconess Health System$22.97$19.14–$26.791

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 operating room nurses nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open operating room nurse 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
Registered Nurses (29-1141)$30.85 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$36.38 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$38.96 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$46.73 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$53.73 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)50,300 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Operating room nurse salary in Kentucky: common questions

How much does an operating room nurse make in Kentucky?

Open operating room nurse jobs in Kentucky that state an hourly rate post a median of $49.49, the middle half $42.94–$53.85 (8 jobs from 4 employers). Full time that is about $102,900 a year. BLS measured a median of $38.96/hr ($81,040 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 ($49.49) is $3.01 below the national posted median of $52.50. In the BLS survey Kentucky ranks 42 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: 8 of 49 open operating room nurse jobs in Kentucky (16%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Operating room nurse pay in other states

Operating room nurse salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Registered Nurses & LPNs 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: Registered Nurses (SOC 29-1141), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Operating room nurse salary in Kentucky. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/or-nurse/kentucky

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