Average Home Health Nurse Salary in Kentucky

Home health nurses in Kentucky earn an average of $63,183 per year (or $30.38 per hour).

Nationwide
United States
$80,428
Kentucky
21% lower than the national average
$63,183
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Kentucky home health nurses earn 21% lower than the national average salary for home health nurses, at $80,428 (or $38.66 per hour).

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Home health nurse salary range in Kentucky

10%
$45,090
MEDIAN
$58,693
90%
$77,415
Annual Salary Hourly Wage
90th Percentile $77,415 $37
75th Percentile $72,361 $34
Median $58,693 $28
25th Percentile $56,025 $26

80% of Kentucky home health nurses earn between $45,090 and $77,415.

Cost-of-living adjusted home health nurse salary in Kentucky

Cost-Of-Living Adjusted
Kentucky
$70,360
Overall Average
Kentucky
$63,183

Adjusted for cost-of-living, Kentucky home health nurses earn about $70,360 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 home health nurses

Jeffersontown, KY $65,766 per year

Kentucky nursing salaries vary from region to region across the state. The area where home health nurses are paid the highest is Jeffersontown, where the average home health nurses salary is $65,766 and 15,200 registered nurses are currently employed.

Home health nurses salaries in other states

California $119,230 per year
Oregon $93,565 per year
Massachusetts $93,409 per year
Washington $93,883 per year
New York $93,320 per year
Nevada $85,761 per year
New Jersey $83,574 per year
Connecticut $83,322 per year
Rhode Island $76,647 per year
Minnesota $87,077 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
Dialysis Nurse $74,393 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

At a $63,183 average annual salary, home health nurses in Kentucky tend to earn less than trauma nurses ($87,641), renal nurses ($79,264), OR nurses ($75,025), dialysis nurses ($74,393), ICU nurses ($74,271), oncology nurses ($73,374), correctional care nurses ($73,038), ambulatory nurses ($71,081), cardiac care nurses ($70,419), and PACU nurses ($70,419).

More about home health nurses

A home health nurse provides home-based care for patients of all ages. This can include the elderly, disabled, or terminally ill. A home health nurse can provide services for people who are recovering from an accident, surgeries, or have a chronic disease like diabetes.

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