Kentucky 2025 Tax Rates
2025 Kentucky Taxes
Employee Withholding Requirements
Withholding Method
: 4.0% for 2024Standard Deduction
: $3,270 for 2025Supplemental Wage / Bonus Rate
: Same as regular income- Register as an employer on the Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance website
Employee's Withholding Tax Exemption Certificate
: K-4
Kentucky State Unemployment Insurance (SUI)
Kentucky Wage Base
: $11,700 for 2025Kentucky new employer rate
: 2.7% for 2025Kentucky new construction employer rate
: 9.0% for 2025- Get your unemployment insurance rate: Kentucky UI agency website
Kentucky State Disability Insurance (SDI)
- None
Kentucky Family Leave Insurance (FLI)
- None
Kentucky Local Taxes
Kentucky Minimum Wage
Kentucky Minimum Wage
: $7.25 per hour (inherits the federal minimum wage requirement. State either has no minimum wage law or is lower than Federal minimum wage).
Kentucky State Labor Laws
Kentucky Termination Pay
:- Employee is fired — pay next regular payday or 14 days, whichever is later
- Employee quits — pay next regular payday or 14 days, whichever is later
Kentucky New Hire Reporting
- Kentucky New Hire Reporting Center
PO Box 2586
Atlanta, GA 30301-2586 - Phone: 800-817-2262
- Fax: 800-817-0099
Remit Withholding for Child Support to
- Kentucky Child Support Enforcement
730 Schenkel Lane
PO Box 2150
Frankfort, KY 40602-2150 - Phone: 502-564-2285
- Fax: 502-564-0255
Kentucky Reciprocal States
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Michigan
- Ohio
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
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