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Average Dialysis Nurse Salary in Kentucky

Dialysis nurses in Kentucky earn an average of $74,393 per year (or $35.77 per hour).

Nationwide
United States
$80,731
Kentucky
7% lower than the national average
$74,393
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Kentucky dialysis nurses earn 7% lower than the national average salary for dialysis nurses, at $80,731 (or $38.81 per hour).

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Dialysis nurse salary range in Kentucky

10%
$53,090
MEDIAN
$69,106
90%
$91,150
Annual Salary Hourly Wage
90th Percentile $91,150 $43
75th Percentile $85,199 $40
Median $69,106 $33
25th Percentile $65,965 $31

80% of Kentucky dialysis nurses earn between $53,090 and $91,150.

Cost-of-living adjusted dialysis nurse salary in Kentucky

Cost-Of-Living Adjusted
Kentucky
$82,843
Overall Average
Kentucky
$74,393

Adjusted for cost-of-living, Kentucky dialysis nurses earn about $82,843 per year. Cost-of-living in Kentucky is 10% lower than the national average, meaning they face lower prices for food, housing, and transportation compared to other states.

Highest paying cities in Kentucky for dialysis nurses

Jeffersontown, KY $77,435 per year

Kentucky nursing salaries vary from region to region across the state. The area where dialysis nurses are paid the highest is Jeffersontown, where the average dialysis nurses salary is $77,435 and 15,200 registered nurses are currently employed.

Dialysis nurses salaries in other states

California $110,863 per year
Oregon $97,681 per year
Massachusetts $97,317 per year
Washington $96,816 per year
New York $83,988 per year
Nevada $83,417 per year
New Jersey $87,284 per year
Minnesota $78,853 per year
Maryland $77,425 per year
Arizona $80,628 per year

How much do other nurses get paid in Kentucky?

Trauma Nurse $87,641 per year
Renal Nurse $79,264 per year
OR Nurse $75,025 per year
ICU Nurse $74,271 per year
Oncology Nurse $73,374 per year
Correctional Care Nurse $73,038 per year
Ambulatory Nurse $71,081 per year
Cardiac Care Nurse $70,419 per year
PACU Nurse $70,419 per year
ER Nurse $69,298 per year

At a $74,393 average annual salary, dialysis nurses in Kentucky tend to earn less than trauma nurses ($87,641), renal nurses ($79,264), and OR nurses ($75,025). They tend to earn more than ICU nurses ($74,271), oncology nurses ($73,374), correctional care nurses ($73,038), ambulatory nurses ($71,081), cardiac care nurses ($70,419), PACU nurses ($70,419), and ER nurses ($69,298).

More about dialysis nurses

Dialysis nurses work with patients experiencing kidney disease. They assist patients as they go through dialysis treatment – a procedure that removes toxins that are typically released by a healthy set of kidneys.

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Data sources: rn salary data, cost of living data, proprietary data from Incredible Health