Public Utilities Financial Analyst IV pay range
Commonwealth of Kentucky · class code 21000801
- Class code
- 21000801
- Pay grade
- 16
- Pay unit
- Month
- Alternate ranges
- 3
- State
- Kentucky
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky published pay range for Public Utilities Financial Analyst IV is $4,444 to $7,110 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 $53,329 to $85,326 a year at full time.
- Kentucky Personnel Cabinet keys this classification as class code 21000801.
- 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 | $4,444 | $6,666 | per month |
| Range 40-hour week | $4,740 | $7,110 | per month |
| Range Hourly | $27.35 | $41.02 | 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 01/16/2025.
What the state says the job is
Performs analysis of highly technical cases and issues to include emerging national utility issues, wholesale markets, and market issues. Develops, reviews, recommends, and communicates new policies, operating procedures, rules and regulations relating to emerging utility issues and cases before the Commission. Leads studies and provides expert policy and procedural guidance and advice to management and commissioners; and performs other duties as required.
Examples of the work
Performs examinations of highly technical and most complex cases and issues to include emerging national utility issues, wholesale markets, and market issues. Leads studies and provides expert policy and procedural guidance and advice to management and commissioners. Coordinates, plans, organizes and often serves as team leader in the examination of highly technical and complex cases involving water utilities and issues that support a utility's historic and forecasted financial statements and transactions.
Minimum qualifications
EDUCATION: Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting, economics, finance, mathematics, statistics, engineering, business administration, or a related field. EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: Five years of professional experience in public utility accounts analysis, rate design analysis, public accounting, government accounting, or auditing. Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: A completed master's degree in accounting, economics, finance, mathematics, statistics, engineering, business administration, or a related field will substitute for the education and one year of the required experience. Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: Certification as a Certified Public Accountant will substitute for the required education and one year of the required experience.
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.
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