Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Owensboro, KY

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$49,390	320	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$47,620	30	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$47,590	220	View salary detail
Machinists	$47,170	90	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$46,430	560	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$46,130	220	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$45,900	80	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$45,590	50	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$45,400	60	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$45,330	160	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$45,260	920	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$44,950	60	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,820	30	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$44,690	60	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$44,560	160	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$44,530	500	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,340	30	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$44,250	40	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$44,150	50	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$43,900	290	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$43,760	340	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$43,300	40	View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$43,190	40	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$42,950	430	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$42,450	500	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$41,120	90	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$40,400	50	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$40,000	260	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$40,000	60	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,970	170	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$39,700	390	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$39,460	50	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$39,380	1,130	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$39,380	1,130	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$39,370	70	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$39,360	470	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$39,020	890	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$38,150	80	View salary detail
Tellers	$38,020	150	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$37,990	110	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$37,490	40	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$37,190	650	View salary detail
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$37,180	80	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$37,090	370	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$37,070	520	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$37,020	280	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$36,870	70	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$36,430	60	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$35,950	320	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$35,820	40	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.