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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

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders$35,850310View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$35,8202,460View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$35,81018,010View salary detail
Library Technicians$35,700670View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts$35,5702,800View salary detail
Helpers--Carpenters$35,520—View salary detail
Physical Therapist Aides$35,490160View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters$35,4301,670View salary detail
Security Guards$35,42013,580View salary detail
Animal Control Workers$35,360190View salary detail
Orderlies$35,260710View salary detail
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$35,140180View salary detail
Floral Designers$34,940430View salary detail
Gambling Cage Workers$34,860110View salary detail
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers$34,770—View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$34,680630View salary detail
Cooks, Restaurant$34,64013,510View salary detail
Pharmacy Aides$34,610600View salary detail
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$34,4705,580View salary detail
Telemarketers$34,450910View salary detail
Crossing Guards and Flaggers$34,450420View salary detail
Tutors$34,240780View salary detail
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$34,1401,840View salary detail
Animal Trainers$34,030470View salary detail
Bakers$33,8901,630View salary detail
Taxi Drivers$33,850150View salary detail
Library Assistants, Clerical$33,6901,050View salary detail
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$33,5802,630View salary detail
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers$33,330120View salary detail
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse$33,050510View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks$32,9409,290View salary detail
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians$32,850130View salary detail
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers$32,530230View salary detail
Recreation Workers$32,4003,290View salary detail
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$32,32025,750View salary detail
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$32,2003,660View salary detail
Cooks, Short Order$31,840650View salary detail
Parking Attendants$31,6301,480View salary detail
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$31,55011,540View salary detail
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$31,4101,220View salary detail
Concierges$31,390420View salary detail
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials$31,200530View salary detail
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$31,04050View salary detail
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$30,88012,040View salary detail
Bailiffs$30,760760View salary detail
Animal Caretakers$30,7206,140View salary detail
Residential Advisors$30,2601,580View salary detail
Logging Equipment Operators$30,230300View salary detail
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,9703,890View salary detail
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$29,8402,350View 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.