Paducah, KY-IL Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 86.1) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Paducah, KY-IL moved from $44,140 in May 2024 to $45,860 in May 2025 (+3.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Paducah, KY-IL sits +0.8 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 37140 · Paducah, KY-IL $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #352/528
- RPP-QUIET 86.1
- OCC-MID 207 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $379K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE +0.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Sussex Delaware…
- BOOK-MOST 207 rows · May 2025
Read with Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area ($5 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 Paducah, KY-IL
Where Paducah, KY-IL already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Lawyers lead published employment inside Paducah, KY-IL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 210 jobs · $105,460
- 2. Lawyers 150 jobs · $96,960
- 3. Software Developers 140 jobs · $99,260
- 4. Pharmacists 130 jobs · $134,810
- 5. Sales Managers 130 jobs · $132,660
- 6. Financial Managers 130 jobs · $114,460
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $124,200
- 8. Industrial Production Managers 110 jobs · $113,380
- 9. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 110 jobs · $98,130
- 10. Construction Managers 90 jobs · $97,660
- 11. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $378,880
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 80 jobs · $130,300
- 13. Industrial Engineers 80 jobs · $102,270
- 14. Civil Engineers 80 jobs · $100,950
- 15. Physical Therapists 80 jobs · $99,330
- 16. Administrative Services Managers 70 jobs · $117,840
- 17. Architectural and Engineering Managers 60 jobs · $143,940
- 18. Physician Assistants 60 jobs · $124,990
Occupations Tracked
207
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,076
employment-weighted, 207 complete rows
Top Salary
$378,880
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
86.1
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Paducah, KY-IL, 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 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $105,460 |
| 2 | Lawyers | $96,960 |
| 3 | Software Developers | $99,260 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $134,810 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $132,660 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $114,460 |
| 7 | Nurse Practitioners | $124,200 |
| 8 | Industrial Production Managers | $113,380 |
| 9 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $98,130 |
| 10 | Construction Managers | $97,660 |
| 11 | Physicians, All Other | $378,880 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $130,300 |
| 13 | Industrial Engineers | $102,270 |
| 14 | Civil Engineers | $100,950 |
| 15 | Physical Therapists | $99,330 |
| 16 | Administrative Services Managers | $117,840 |
| 17 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $143,940 |
| 18 | Physician Assistants | $124,990 |
| 19 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $109,890 |
| 20 | Management Analysts | $96,080 |
| 21 | Facilities Managers | $106,820 |
| 22 | Anesthesiologists | $350,260 |
| 23 | Family Medicine Physicians | $234,140 |
| 24 | Chief Executives | $148,710 |
| 25 | Managers, All Other | $97,470 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Paducah, KY-IL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $20,800 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $23,730 |
| Bartenders | $26,350 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,440 |
| Childcare Workers | $26,800 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,030 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $27,210 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,640 |
| Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education | $28,010 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $28,350 |
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 ($55,076 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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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.