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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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How to use Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN wage figures in a real decision
- Anesthesiologists leads published medians in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN at $491,640/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Anesthesiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $60,387 adjusts to about $64,881 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 93.1. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical 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 metro 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.