IT Manager Salary in Kentucky (2026)

Worth knowing: Humana HQ Louisville operates one of the country's largest healthcare insurance IT environments and a feature most national IT-career surveys understate for KY. Humana IT (Fortune 50, ~$106B revenue, ~13K Louisville HQ supporting ~17M total beneficiaries including ~8.5M Medicare Advantage members) operates substantial in-house healthcare insurance IT including claims processing + member portal + provider portal + Centerwell primary care IT + Humana Pharmacy IT + substantial federal contractor IT (TRICARE East + multiple federal contracts) — Humana IT supports federal contract compliance + NIST 800-171 + FedRAMP + HIPAA at scale. Senior Humana IT directors clear $175-305K TC. UPS Worldport Louisville IT (~25K UPS Louisville with substantial Worldport-specific IT) operates the country's largest air cargo hub IT — automation + customs + customer-facing IT at scale handling ~5M+ packages daily. Toyota Manufacturing Kentucky Georgetown IT supports Toyota's largest NA plant (~9K employees, ~500K vehicle annual production) including substantial manufacturing OT + connected vehicle IT. UK HealthCare Lexington (only OR academic medical center in KY) operates substantial Epic EHR + research IT. KY's flat 4% rate is substantially lower than OR/MN's 9.85-9.9% tops + KY's Local Occupational Tax (Louisville 1.45-2.20%, Lexington 2.25%) adds modest local layer. KY is RTW since 2017.