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
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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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