East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers publishes $64,860 here versus $105,770 nationally (-38.7%; 2,140metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $23,070 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-26.1%).
- General and Operations Managers$64,860 in East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area sits 38.7% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,140 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$23,070 in East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area sits 26.1% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,010 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$73,520 in East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area sits 24.6% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,190 published local jobs).
- Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$35,300 in East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area sits 23.1% below the national Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants median of $45,930 (2,020 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2100004 · East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $49K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #492/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 251 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $364K
- EMP-MIX Nurse Practi…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Upper East Missi…
- BOOK-MOST 247 rows · May 2025
Read with Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area ($8 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around East Kentucky nonmetropolit…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Nurse Practitioners and Pharmacists lead published employment inside East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Nurse Practitioners 510 jobs · $124,920
- 2. Pharmacists 370 jobs · $134,040
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 220 jobs · $126,050
- 4. Financial Managers 180 jobs · $106,080
- 5. Sales Managers 150 jobs · $104,690
- 6. Occupational Therapists 140 jobs · $95,580
- 7. Family Medicine Physicians 130 jobs · $283,070
- 8. Software Developers 130 jobs · $104,920
- 9. Physicians, All Other 100 jobs · $364,180
- 10. Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 100 jobs · $94,520
- 11. Civil Engineers 100 jobs · $91,660
- 12. Administrative Services Managers 80 jobs · $90,250
- 13. General Internal Medicine Physicians 70 jobs · $263,160
- 14. Physician Assistants 70 jobs · $111,420
- 15. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 70 jobs · $104,170
- 16. Chief Executives 60 jobs · $143,130
- 17. Financial and Investment Analysts 50 jobs · $92,590
- 18. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 50 jobs · $90,290
Occupations Tracked
251
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$48,881
employment-weighted, 247 complete rows
Top Salary
$364,180
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
Lowest Paying Jobs in East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $20,850 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $21,430 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $21,620 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $22,210 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $22,780 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $23,070 |
| Bartenders | $24,100 |
| Firefighters | $24,960 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $25,290 |
| Childcare Workers | $26,780 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in KY
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside KY. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($48,881 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area at $364,180/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $48,881 across 247 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan area against the statewide occupation table for KY before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The local-area benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.