Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Kentucky

825 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Kentucky for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$46,550	23,480	View salary detail
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	$46,380	70	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$46,280	12,880	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$46,230	2,570	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$46,230	2,570	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	$46,150	—	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$46,080	1,680	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$46,050	920	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$46,020	770	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$46,020	770	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$46,020	770	View salary detail
Tire Builders	$46,010	270	View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	$45,980	180	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$45,860	2,920	View salary detail
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$45,840	1,860	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$45,830	1,130	View salary detail
Parking Enforcement Workers	$45,790	30	View salary detail
Desktop Publishers	$45,760	40	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,760	7,290	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$45,710	13,280	View salary detail
Medical Appliance Technicians	$45,690	—	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$45,670	1,350	View salary detail
Statistical Assistants	$45,660	100	View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$45,660	110	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$45,590	5,200	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$45,450	8,640	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$45,430	2,540	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$45,350	2,420	View salary detail
Log Graders and Scalers	$45,330	80	View salary detail
Manicurists and Pedicurists	$45,310	240	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$45,280	1,990	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$44,990	350	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$44,890	11,140	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$44,830	6,820	View salary detail
Passenger Attendants	$44,810	—	View salary detail
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	$44,800	780	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$44,530	1,000	View salary detail
Meter Readers, Utilities	$44,450	690	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$44,410	1,020	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$44,290	950	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$44,200	18,420	View salary detail
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	$44,170	50	View salary detail
Rock Splitters, Quarry	$44,000	310	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$43,990	240	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$43,980	280	View salary detail
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	$43,680	50	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$43,680	2,370	View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Technicians	$43,660	240	View salary detail
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	$43,610	—	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$43,330	960	View salary detail

Metropolitan areas in this state

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.