Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Lexington, KY

583 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Lexington, KY for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Credit Counselors	$50,430	50	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$50,350	130	View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$50,260	40	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$49,940	100	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$49,940	100	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$49,940	100	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$49,760	540	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$49,550	150	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,440	150	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$49,280	240	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$49,280	240	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$49,200	50	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$48,880	240	View salary detail
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	$48,820	40	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,740	380	View salary detail
Travel Agents	$48,720	60	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,710	390	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$48,700	140	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$48,690	750	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$48,600	370	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$48,560	290	View salary detail
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	$48,340	60	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$48,140	270	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$48,080	650	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$48,010	360	View salary detail
Glaziers	$48,000	80	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$48,000	3,120	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$47,840	50	View salary detail
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers	$47,810	—	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$47,790	2,500	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$47,730	240	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$47,490	1,150	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$47,400	350	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$47,330	120	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$47,330	120	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$47,310	120	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$47,280	100	View salary detail
Photographers	$47,170	60	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$47,160	180	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,160	120	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$47,150	250	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$47,090	320	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$46,950	380	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$46,860	200	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$46,840	90	View salary detail
Roofers	$46,630	230	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$46,300	1,810	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$46,170	200	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$46,120	40	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$46,080	1,530	View salary detail

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.