Nurse practitioner · Elizabethtown, KY
Nurse practitioner in Elizabethtown: $4,074/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median nurse practitioner wage in Elizabethtown at $115,540 a year. About 90 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.85). The 10th percentile is $99,170 and the 90th is $156,060. Pay ranks 357th-highest of 383 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($942/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,074 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Champaign, about 221 miles away, at $5,426 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,074
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$115,540
$99,170 to $156,060
Rent (1 bd)
$942
$1,121 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.85
Pay rank
357th of 383
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, nurse practitioner pay of $115,540.
- Taxes$2,675
- Rent$942
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$4,074
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $115,540
- Federal income tax
- −$17,033
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,839
- State income tax (KY)
- −$4,491
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,733
- Take-home pay
- $83,444
- Effective tax rate
- 27.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $942
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $569
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,880
Left over each month
$9,628 gross, minus $2,675 in tax and $2,880 in living costs.
$4,074
Rank every metro for a nurse practitioner
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Champaign, $5,426/mo.
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Questions
What does a nurse practitioner make in Elizabethtown?
$115,540 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 90 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a nurse practitioner in Elizabethtown?
$4,074 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $942, and pay covers 10.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a nurse practitioner keep more?
Champaign, about 221 miles away, leaves $5,426 a month, more than Elizabethtown.