Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN moved from $47,750 in May 2024 to $48,370 in May 2025 (+1.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN sits -1.8 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic publishes $60,230 here versus $46,330 nationally (+30.0%; 3,100metro-area jobs). Next is Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents at $57,310 locally versus $78,660 nationally (-27.1%).
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$60,230 in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN sits 30.0% above the national Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $46,330 (3,100 published local jobs).
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$57,310 in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN sits 27.1% below the national Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents median of $78,660 (2,060 published local jobs).
- Lawyers$124,530 in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN sits 22.0% below the national Lawyers median of $159,670 (2,000 published local jobs).
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$55,190 in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN sits 21.1% below the national Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $69,990 (5,190 published local jobs).
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 31140 · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $60K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #190/528
- RPP-LOW 93.1
- OCC-MOST 559 occs
- TOP-LEAD Anesthesiologi… · $492K
- EMP-MIX Sales Managers
- TREND-INLINE -1.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Yakima, WA
- BOOK-FULL 543 rows · May 2025
Read with Yakima, WA (+$46 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Louisville/Jefferson County
Employment scale inside Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN's top-pay list
Sales Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Sales Managers 2,710 jobs · $137,880
- 2. Financial Managers 2,670 jobs · $136,970
- 3. Pharmacists 1,830 jobs · $143,920
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,280 jobs · $150,710
- 5. Physicians, All Other 1,100 jobs · $335,670
- 6. Maintenance Workers, Machinery 970 jobs · $157,260
- 7. Marketing Managers 920 jobs · $136,350
- 8. Managers, All Other 790 jobs · $134,710
- 9. Nurse Anesthetists 710 jobs · $222,520
- 10. Chief Executives 640 jobs · $213,920
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 600 jobs · $149,430
- 12. Anesthesiologists 500 jobs · $491,640
- 13. Commercial Pilots 430 jobs · $193,940
- 14. Physician Assistants 380 jobs · $130,830
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 280 jobs · $280,050
- 16. General Internal Medicine Physicians 260 jobs · $291,090
- 17. Dentists, General 230 jobs · $151,420
- 18. Optometrists 230 jobs · $135,720
Occupations Tracked
559
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$60,387
employment-weighted, 543 complete rows
Top Salary
$491,640
Anesthesiologists
Cost of Living
93.1
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anesthesiologists | $491,640 |
| 2 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $374,080 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $335,670 |
| 4 | Physicians, Pathologists | $329,970 |
| 5 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $291,090 |
| 6 | Family Medicine Physicians | $280,050 |
| 7 | Radiologists | $279,990 |
| 8 | Psychiatrists | $237,770 |
| 9 | Nurse Anesthetists | $222,520 |
| 10 | Chief Executives | $213,920 |
| 11 | Commercial Pilots | $193,940 |
| 12 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $169,390 |
| 13 | Maintenance Workers, Machinery | $157,260 |
| 14 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $156,550 |
| 15 | Dentists, General | $151,420 |
| 16 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $150,710 |
| 17 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $149,430 |
| 18 | Pharmacists | $143,920 |
| 19 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $138,670 |
| 20 | Sales Managers | $137,880 |
| 21 | Financial Managers | $136,970 |
| 22 | Marketing Managers | $136,350 |
| 23 | Optometrists | $135,720 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $134,710 |
| 25 | Physician Assistants | $130,830 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Residential Advisors | $25,310 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $26,200 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,990 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,590 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,030 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,690 |
| Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians | $28,890 |
| Dietetic Technicians | $28,970 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $29,040 |
| Bartenders | $29,120 |
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 ($60,387 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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