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Nicholasville, Kentucky withholds a 1.50% local occupational (payroll) tax on wages earned in the city — $15.00 out of every $1,000 you earn, and Jessamine County adds a separate 1.00% on the same wages, for 2.50% of local tax in total.

Nicholasville withholds 1.50% of your gross wages for the local occupational tax — about $15.00 on every $1,000 of pay. It is withheld on gross wages, before federal income tax, Kentucky's 3.5% flat state tax, and FICA (Social Security and Medicare) are applied.

The 1.50% Nicholasville occupational tax is based on where you work, not where you live. If you earn wages in Nicholasville (Jessamine County), it is generally withheld even if you live in another city or county. If you live in Nicholasville but work elsewhere, you usually owe that other jurisdiction's rate instead.

A Nicholasville paycheck is reduced by four layers: federal income tax (progressive brackets), Kentucky's 3.5% flat state tax after the $3,360 standard deduction, FICA at 6.2% Social Security plus 1.45% Medicare, and Nicholasville's 1.50% occupational tax. Enter your pay above to see all four broken out line by line.

Yes. Jessamine County's 1.00% fee is imposed on wages earned throughout the county, including wages earned inside the Nicholasville city limits, so it stacks on the city's own 1.5% for a 2.5% total. That is why the total local burden (2.50%) is higher than the 1.50% city rate on its own.