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
Cost Estimators	$74,880	1,960	View salary detail
Boilermakers	$74,810	150	View salary detail
Emergency Management Directors	$74,730	150	View salary detail
Biochemists and Biophysicists	$74,710	40	View salary detail
Business Continuity Planners	$74,690	5,870	View salary detail
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$74,690	5,870	View salary detail
Sustainability Specialists	$74,690	5,870	View salary detail
Online Merchants	$74,690	5,870	View salary detail
Security Management Specialists	$74,690	5,870	View salary detail
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	$74,690	90	View salary detail
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	$74,640	110	View salary detail
Financial Risk Specialists	$74,640	500	View salary detail
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	$74,520	590	View salary detail
Sound Engineering Technicians	$74,100	60	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	$73,920	190	View salary detail
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$73,840	3,670	View salary detail
Labor Relations Specialists	$73,550	640	View salary detail
Solar Energy Installation Managers	$73,490	9,620	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$73,490	9,620	View salary detail
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$73,460	80	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$73,320	2,090	View salary detail
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators	$73,120	270	View salary detail
Respiratory Therapists	$72,750	2,530	View salary detail
Roof Bolters, Mining	$72,510	120	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$72,490	13,820	View salary detail
Anthropologists and Archeologists	$72,230	70	View salary detail
Range Managers	$71,980	180	View salary detail
Park Naturalists	$71,980	180	View salary detail
Conservation Scientists	$71,980	180	View salary detail
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$71,920	1,130	View salary detail
Surveyors	$71,840	670	View salary detail
Geodetic Surveyors	$71,840	670	View salary detail
Police Identification and Records Officers	$71,670	720	View salary detail
Intelligence Analysts	$71,670	720	View salary detail
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$71,670	720	View salary detail
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	$71,470	90	View salary detail
Economists	$71,400	100	View salary detail
Environmental Economists	$71,400	100	View salary detail
Climate Change Policy Analysts	$71,040	1,000	View salary detail
Environmental Restoration Planners	$71,040	1,000	View salary detail
Industrial Ecologists	$71,040	1,000	View salary detail
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$71,040	1,000	View salary detail
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$70,630	470	View salary detail
Millwrights	$70,610	1,220	View salary detail
Food Service Managers	$70,410	1,680	View salary detail
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	$69,670	3,630	View salary detail
Dietitians and Nutritionists	$69,520	1,040	View salary detail
Biofuels Processing Technicians	$69,430	30	View salary detail
Plant and System Operators, All Other	$69,430	30	View salary detail
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators	$69,240	4,360	View salary detail

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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.