Pediatricians, General Salary — Lexington, Kentucky

The average Pediatricians, General in Lexington, Kentucky earns $173,670 a year.

$173,670 / year, mean
↓ 18.3% below national average 100th percentile in Kentucky

Lexington sits at the very top of the range for this role in Kentucky — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's noticeably below the national average for pediatricians, general, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Kentucky

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
250
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.6%
Cost of living 93 #127 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1461 #33 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $327,671 #90 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $70,717 #103 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Lexington ranks #127 for cost of living and #90 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Sacramento $340,410 Vallejo $306,510 Fresno $294,660 Bakersfield $276,350 York $274,970 Eugene $255,570 San Diego $252,980 San Francisco $248,510 Visalia $247,160 Dallas $246,700 Springfield $246,600 Grand Rapids $245,270 Salem $243,990 Philadelphia $238,640 Buffalo $234,670 Pittsburgh $228,540 Kalamazoo $228,260 Roanoke $220,760 Atlantic City $219,410 Chicago $219,140 Portland $218,760 Huntington $217,050 El Paso $216,270 Detroit $210,140 San Antonio $207,600 Rockford $206,320 Allentown $205,850 Richmond $204,310 New York $201,550 Los Angeles $201,090 Seattle $199,570 Syracuse $197,840 Indianapolis $186,190 Baltimore $182,960 Lexington $173,670 Miami $168,860 Houston $167,810 Brownsville $165,530 Austin $164,830 Flint $159,380 Trenton $158,830 Albany $158,470 Tampa $156,930 Corpus Christi $153,880 Lakeland $149,270 Rochester $136,850 McAllen $131,910 Orlando $128,600 Ann Arbor $111,080 Morgantown $107,270
CityMean salaryvs. Lexington
Albany, New York$158,470-8.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$205,850+18.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$111,080-36.0%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$219,410+26.3%
Austin, Texas$164,830-5.1%
Bakersfield, California$276,350+59.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$182,960+5.3%
Brownsville, Texas$165,530-4.7%
Buffalo, New York$234,670+35.1%
Chicago, Illinois$219,140+26.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$153,880-11.4%
Dallas, Texas$246,700+42.1%
Detroit, Michigan$210,140+21.0%
El Paso, Texas$216,270+24.5%
Eugene, Oregon$255,570+47.2%
Flint, Michigan$159,380-8.2%
Fresno, California$294,660+69.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$245,270+41.2%
Houston, Texas$167,810-3.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$217,050+25.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$186,190+7.2%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$228,260+31.4%
Lakeland, Florida$149,270-14.0%
Los Angeles, California$201,090+15.8%
McAllen, Texas$131,910-24.0%
Miami, Florida$168,860-2.8%
Morgantown, West Virginia$107,270-38.2%
New York, New York$201,550+16.1%
Orlando, Florida$128,600-26.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$238,640+37.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$228,540+31.6%
Portland, Oregon$218,760+26.0%
Richmond, Virginia$204,310+17.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$220,760+27.1%
Rochester, New York$136,850-21.2%
Rockford, Illinois$206,320+18.8%
Sacramento, California$340,410+96.0%
Salem, Oregon$243,990+40.5%
San Antonio, Texas$207,600+19.5%
San Diego, California$252,980+45.7%
San Francisco, California$248,510+43.1%
Seattle, Washington$199,570+14.9%
Springfield, Illinois$246,600+42.0%
Syracuse, New York$197,840+13.9%
Tampa, Florida$156,930-9.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$158,830-8.5%
Vallejo, California$306,510+76.5%
Visalia, California$247,160+42.3%
York, Pennsylvania$274,970+58.3%
Gross salary
173,670/yr
Estimated take-home
119,233/yr
Est. total withheld
31.3%

Single filer, federal + Kentucky state tax + FICA, 2026 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 29-1221 SOC code
Official area Lexington-Fayette, KY BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 30460 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ky_dor_verificado 2026
Metro also includes
Fayette
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
517,378