Elizabethtown, KY Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.6) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Elizabethtown, KY moved from $44,810 in May 2024 to $46,810 in May 2025 (+4.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Elizabethtown, KY sits +1.4 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Elizabethtown, KY
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators publishes $50,510 here versus $44,650 nationally (+13.1%; 2,140metro-area jobs).
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$50,510 in Elizabethtown, KY sits 13.1% above the national Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $44,650 (2,140 published local jobs).
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Elizabethtown, KY; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 21060 · Elizabethtown, KY $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #338/528
- RPP-LOW 90.6
- OCC-MID 212 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $302K
- EMP-MIX Computer Occ…
- TREND-INLINE +1.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Grand Island, NE
- BOOK-MOST 212 rows · May 2025
Read with Grand Island, NE ($20 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Elizabethtown, KY
Where Elizabethtown, KY already employs the upper wage tier
Computer Occupations, All Other and Mechanical Engineers lead published employment inside Elizabethtown, KY's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer Occupations, All Other 450 jobs · $106,330
- 2. Mechanical Engineers 450 jobs · $102,590
- 3. Management Analysts 220 jobs · $100,420
- 4. Industrial Production Managers 200 jobs · $102,240
- 5. Industrial Engineers 190 jobs · $97,550
- 6. Software Developers 180 jobs · $95,980
- 7. Medical and Health Services Managers 170 jobs · $106,330
- 8. Financial Managers 160 jobs · $125,340
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 130 jobs · $125,260
- 10. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 130 jobs · $101,150
- 11. Sales Managers 120 jobs · $121,830
- 12. Lawyers 120 jobs · $97,770
- 13. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $132,620
- 14. Nurse Practitioners 90 jobs · $115,540
- 15. Managers, All Other 80 jobs · $133,470
- 16. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $105,000
- 17. Physical Therapists 80 jobs · $104,280
- 18. Physicians, All Other 60 jobs · $301,500
Occupations Tracked
212
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,410
employment-weighted, 212 complete rows
Top Salary
$301,500
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
90.6
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Elizabethtown, KY, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $106,330 |
| 2 | Mechanical Engineers | $102,590 |
| 3 | Management Analysts | $100,420 |
| 4 | Industrial Production Managers | $102,240 |
| 5 | Industrial Engineers | $97,550 |
| 6 | Software Developers | $95,980 |
| 7 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $106,330 |
| 8 | Financial Managers | $125,340 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $125,260 |
| 10 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $101,150 |
| 11 | Sales Managers | $121,830 |
| 12 | Lawyers | $97,770 |
| 13 | Pharmacists | $132,620 |
| 14 | Nurse Practitioners | $115,540 |
| 15 | Managers, All Other | $133,470 |
| 16 | Human Resources Managers | $105,000 |
| 17 | Physical Therapists | $104,280 |
| 18 | Physicians, All Other | $301,500 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $133,220 |
| 20 | Administrative Services Managers | $110,900 |
| 21 | Chief Executives | $158,670 |
| 22 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $138,110 |
| 23 | Social Workers, All Other | $100,420 |
| 24 | Facilities Managers | $107,740 |
| 25 | Electrical Engineers | $97,970 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Elizabethtown, KY
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Food Preparation Workers | $23,600 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $23,870 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $25,370 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $25,720 |
| Sewing Machine Operators | $26,260 |
| Bartenders | $26,620 |
| Self-Enrichment Teachers | $26,830 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,260 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $27,610 |
| Dishwashers | $27,870 |
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 ($55,410 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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