Patient Aide I pay range
Commonwealth of Kentucky · class code 20001001
- Class code
- 20001001
- Pay grade
- 07
- Pay unit
- Month
- Alternate ranges
- 3
- State
- Kentucky
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky published pay range for Patient Aide I is $1,885 to $3,016 per month, spanning every alternate range the plan defines.
- Kentucky publishes an entry rate and a midpoint for each pay grade, not a maximum, so the upper figure on this page is the grade midpoint.
- That works out to about $22,622 to $36,196 a year at full time.
- Kentucky Personnel Cabinet keys this classification as class code 20001001.
- The plan defines 3 alternate ranges for this class, so the rate depends on which criteria an employee meets.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Alternate ranges
| Range | Entry | Midpoint | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range 37.5-hour week | $1,885 | $2,828 | per month |
| Range 40-hour week | $2,011 | $3,016 | per month |
| Range Hourly | $11.60 | $17.40 | per hour |
Which alternate range applies is set by the plan's own criteria (experience, certification or assignment). The criteria text lives in the source document.
Class specification
The Personnel Cabinet class specification for this class is published by Kentucky Personnel Cabinet. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 09/16/2023.
What the state says the job is
Under direction, performs sub-professional, non-technical tasks in the care of patients in a state hospital, institution or facility. Learns to assists clients with personal hygiene, serving meals, and housekeeping duties; and performs other duties as required.
Examples of the work
Learns to assist clients in personal hygiene such as bathing, toileting, shampooing, toothbrushing, dressing and eating. Learns to assist in serving meals; preparation time, and clean-up associated with meals and snacks. Learns to assist individuals who have toileting accidents. Learns to perform housekeeping duties such as dusting, vacuuming, and cleaning of areas where individuals live. Learns proper way to change bed linens and to bundle and label linen for cleaning. Assists clients in moving within the facility. Follows instructions. Learns sections of client's charts necessary to perform aide functions. Learns to check and record vital signs, height and weight, intake and output.
Minimum qualifications
EDUCATION: NONE EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: NONE Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: NONE Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: NONE
Quoted from the Personnel Cabinet class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Kentucky Personnel Cabinet publishes this figure in Classified and Unclassified 37.5 and 40-Hour Salary Schedule, effective September 16, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their pay grades come from the Job Specification Search, joined to the salary schedule.