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.
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.
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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How to use Paducah, KY-IL wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Paducah, KY-IL at $378,880/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $55,076 adjusts to about $63,979 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 86.1. 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.