Highest superintendent salaries in KY (2025-26)

Superintendent salaries across 170 Kentucky school districts, 2025-26. Fayette County leads at $392,710. KDE; ranked by DistrictFacts.

Districts ranked

170

Period

2025-26

Publication floor

8 districts

Tie rule

Equal values share a rank; the next rank skips.

KDE Superintendent's Salaries (December 9, 2025): the annual salary the district reported for its superintendent for 2025–26 (base pay, extended days and extra service; objects 0110–0112). One position's salary, as the district reported it; benefits are not included.

Measure: Superintendent salary.

Source: KDE.

Ranked districts

• 1. Fayette County — $392,710
• 2. Jefferson County — $351,346
• 3. Kenton County — $306,249
• 4. Boone County — $277,451
• 5. Warren County — $273,277
• 6. Hardin County — $238,160
• 7. Bowling Green Independent — $234,780
• 8. Scott County — $227,808
• 9. Campbell County — $227,714
• 10. Simpson County — $216,993
• 11. Mason County — $210,586
• 12. Mercer County — $209,500
• 13. Bullitt County — $208,577
• 14. Oldham County — $205,000
• 15. Somerset Independent — $205,000
• 16. Franklin County — $203,000
• 17. Meade County — $202,202
• 18. Harrison County — $201,099
• 19. Logan County — $199,000
• 20. Fort Thomas Independent — $198,493
• 21. Elizabethtown Independent — $198,135
• 22. Calloway County — $194,688
• 23. Russell Independent — $194,000
• 24. Pike County — $190,000
• 24. Pikeville Independent — $190,000
• 26. Covington Independent — $188,232
• 27. Science Hill Independent — $185,657
• 28. Murray Independent — $185,000
• 29. Ohio County — $185,000
• 30. Bardstown Independent — $184,367
• 31. Madison County — $183,600
• 32. Allen County — $182,813
• 33. East Bernstadt Independent — $182,676
• 34. Wolfe County — $182,428
• 35. Clay County — $180,662
• 36. Henderson County — $180,250
• 37. Walton-Verona Independent — $179,857
• 38. McCracken County — $179,375
• 39. Washington County — $179,160
• 40. Grayson County — $177,536
• 41. Campbellsville Independent — $177,285
• 42. Marion County — $177,000
• 43. Pulaski County — $176,715
• 44. Beechwood Independent — $176,500
• 44. Floyd County — $176,500
• 46. Jessamine County — $176,000
• 47. Laurel County — $174,238
• 48. Spencer County — $174,181
• 49. Dayton Independent — $173,783
• 50. Daviess County — $171,675
• 51. Augusta Independent — $171,174
• 52. Ludlow Independent — $170,720
• 53. Anderson County — $170,628
• 54. Raceland-Worthington Independent — $170,000
• 55. Paducah Independent — $169,853
• 56. Pendleton County — $169,750
• 57. Glasgow Independent — $168,565
• 58. Bell County — $168,006
• 59. Anchorage Independent — $167,000
• 60. Boyd County — $166,163
• 61. Christian County — $165,000
• 61. Eminence Independent — $165,000
• 61. Woodford County — $165,000
• 64. Shelby County — $164,300
• 65. Bellevue Independent — $162,327
• 66. Whitley County — $160,675
• 67. Southgate Independent — $160,607
• 68. Rockcastle County — $160,513
• 69. Johnson County — $160,015
• 70. Casey County — $160,000
• 70. Erlanger-Elsmere Independent — $160,000
• 72. Knox County — $159,677
• 73. Barren County — $159,650
• 74. Russellville Independent — $159,120
• 75. Henry County — $158,554
• 76. Clark County — $158,000
• 77. Hancock County — $157,292
• 78. Robertson County — $155,765
• 79. Owensboro Independent — $155,724
• 80. Jenkins Independent — $155,295
• 81. Barbourville Independent — $155,001
• 82. Ballard County — $154,985
• 83. Greenup County — $154,024
• 84. Letcher County — $153,537
• 85. McLean County — $153,065
• 86. Cloverport Independent — $153,000
• 87. Breathitt County — $152,336
• 88. Burgin Independent — $152,160
• 89. Carroll County — $151,302
• 90. Nicholas County — $150,492
• 91. Bourbon County — $150,450
• 92. Marshall County — $150,236
• 93. McCreary County — $150,000
• 94. Danville Independent — $150,000
• 94. Fairview Independent — $150,000
• 94. Gallatin County — $150,000
• 94. Graves County — $150,000
• 94. Pineville Independent — $150,000
• 99. Taylor County — $150,000
• 100. Cumberland County — $149,876
• 101. Monroe County — $149,765
• 102. Breckinridge County — $149,681
• 103. Boyle County — $149,673
• 104. Lyon County — $149,000
• 105. Montgomery County — $148,842
• 106. Ashland Independent — $148,500
• 107. Martin County — $147,691
• 108. Butler County — $147,370
• 109. Nelson County — $147,164
• 110. Hopkins County — $146,000
• 111. Newport Independent — $145,000
• 112. Knott County — $144,495
• 113. Corbin Independent — $144,329
• 114. Green County — $143,591
• 115. Paris Independent — $143,587
• 116. Estill County — $143,208
• 117. Rowan County — $143,000
• 118. Powell County — $142,442
• 119. Garrard County — $141,960
• 120. Webster County — $141,763
• 121. Adair County — $141,494
• 122. Muhlenberg County — $141,328
• 123. Lincoln County — $141,069
• 124. Hazard Independent — $140,238
• 125. Perry County — $140,039
• 126. Caldwell County — $140,000
• 127. Morgan County — $140,000
• 128. Russell County — $139,999
• 129. Caverna Independent — $138,430
• 130. Magoffin County — $138,000
• 131. Harlan County — $137,500
• 132. Williamstown Independent — $137,235
• 133. Fleming County — $135,400
• 134. Paintsville Independent — $135,000
• 135. Berea Independent — $135,000
• 135. Harlan Independent — $135,000
• 135. Lawrence County — $135,000
• 138. Hart County — $133,250
• 139. Dawson Springs Independent — $132,786
• 140. Owen County — $132,652
• 141. Wayne County — $132,600
• 142. Menifee County — $131,469
• 143. Mayfield Independent — $130,884
• 144. Bath County — $130,000
• 145. Clinton County — $130,000
• 145. Middlesboro Independent — $130,000
• 147. Lee County — $130,000
• 148. Trimble County — $129,780
• 149. Grant County — $129,421
• 150. LaRue County — $128,750
• 151. Metcalfe County — $128,337
• 152. Leslie County — $126,934
• 153. Hickman County — $126,756
• 154. Union County — $125,460
• 155. Edmonson County — $125,000
• 155. Livingston County — $125,000
• 155. Todd County — $125,000
• 158. Fulton Independent — $125,000
• 159. Jackson County — $124,756
• 160. Crittenden County — $122,484
• 161. Bracken County — $122,400
• 162. Trigg County — $121,200
• 163. Carlisle County — $120,000
• 164. Lewis County — $120,000
• 165. Frankfort Independent — $119,787
• 166. Owsley County — $119,525
• 167. Jackson Independent — $116,700
• 168. Elliott County — $112,500
• 169. Williamsburg Independent — $105,000
• 170. Fulton County — $101,634

Not ranked

• Carter County — KDE footnotes this year's figure for this district (for example an interim or newly hired superintendent, a partial year, a vacancy on the collection date or a manual correction), so it may not be a full year's salary. It is withheld rather than shown as one.