East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area

255 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 2100004.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Cashiers	3,610
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	3,190
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	2,280
Retail Salespersons	2,250
General and Operations Managers	2,140
Nursing Assistants	2,020
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	2,020
Stockers and Order Fillers	2,020
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2,010
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,680
Cooks, Fast Food	1,620
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,610
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	1,540
Office Clerks, General	1,420
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,330
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,220
Customer Service Representatives	1,210
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,210
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,190
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,180

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Continuous Mining Machine Operators	38.19	320
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	8.94	360
Correctional Officers and Jailers	7.17	1,610
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	6.28	200
Postal Service Clerks	5.76	250
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	5.21	350
Highway Maintenance Workers	4.77	440
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	4.63	1,070
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	4.59	310
Cooks, Fast Food	4.27	1,620
Medical Transcriptionists	4.17	100
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	4.08	290
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	3.90	1,020
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	3.79	290
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	3.55	2,020
Pharmacy Technicians	3.31	920
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	3.19	250
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	3.13	200
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	3.00	310
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations)	2.81	430

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$364,180
Family Medicine Physicians	$283,070
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$263,160
Dentists, General	$161,620
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$143,130
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$141,750
Pharmacists	$134,040
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$126,050
Nurse Practitioners	$124,920
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$121,920
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$111,420
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations)	$106,300
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$106,080
Software Developers	$104,920
Sales Managers	$104,690
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$104,170
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$99,290
Veterinarians	$95,760
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$95,580
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$94,740

BLS didn't publish the median for 1 occupation here because it is very high: Cardiologists. They aren't ranked, and we don't estimate them.

All 255 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	450	$64,450	0.53
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	80	$90,250	0.51
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors `25-3011`	50	$44,180	2.11
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	60	$27,860	0.40
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	30	$74,750	0.49
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1121`	30	$46,590	0.62
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	30	$35,500	0.35
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	510	$37,030	1.23
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	Not available	$20,850
Bakers `51-3011`	60	$28,020	0.40
Bartenders `35-3011`	120	$24,100	0.26
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	60	$43,510	0.59
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	260	$41,810	1.08
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	1,190	$43,250	1.46
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	610	$37,780	2.57
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	150	$37,560	1.58
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	250	$46,160	1.47
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	150	$73,760	0.23
Business Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1011`	40	$67,950	0.74
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	140	$29,020	1.73
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	150	$53,890	0.52
Cardiologists `29-1212`	30	Not published (very high)	3.07
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	350	$61,940	5.21
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	30	$57,350	0.46
Carpenters `47-2031`	250	$46,780	0.64
Cashiers `41-2011`	3,610	$27,510	1.98
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	40	$48,380	0.31
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	70	$56,290	0.56
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	60	$143,130	0.50
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	1,070	$53,740	4.63
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	300	$26,780	0.98
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	360	$59,670	8.94
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	100	$91,660	0.45
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	100	$94,520	0.53
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	170	$28,560	0.74
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	290	$60,100	1.48
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists `19-3033`	40	$81,520	0.97
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	90	$37,000	0.59
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	100	$41,080	2.68
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	240	$58,420	0.96
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	40	$106,300	0.36
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	70	$59,010	0.86
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	120	Not available	0.39
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	220	$47,300	0.52
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	40	$121,920	0.10
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	510	$44,090	0.78
Construction Managers `11-9021`	130	$81,350	0.56
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	70	$59,000	0.80
Continuous Mining Machine Operators `47-5041`	320	$52,640	38.19
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	1,620	$21,620	4.27
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	1,020	$26,960	3.90
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	320	$28,500	0.39
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	1,610	$42,310	7.17
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	80	$37,630	0.35
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	30	$34,480	0.74
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	180	$43,050	1.70
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	1,210	$35,530	0.79
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	40	$40,170	0.42
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	30	$36,850	0.44
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	40	$80,990	0.25
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	160	$36,220	0.70
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$64,120	0.56
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$161,620	0.60
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	30	$61,730	0.47
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	Not available	$84,000
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	60	$66,210	1.25
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	80	$38,430	0.67
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	370	$37,030	1.54
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	460	$83,660	2.39
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	30	$99,290	0.32
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	50	$42,530	1.25
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	290	$45,170	4.08
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	310	$56,840	1.47
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	250	$75,550	3.19
Electricians `47-2111`	340	$58,830	0.76
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	1,680	$59,130	2.04
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	80	$55,380	0.82
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	250	$31,200	2.37
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	120	$56,190	2.18
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	90	$54,660	0.33
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	130	$283,070	1.99
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	2,010	$23,070	0.88
Financial Examiners `13-2061`	30	$64,190	0.82
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	180	$106,080	0.35
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	50	$92,590	0.22
Firefighters `33-2011`	350	$24,960	1.69
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	510	$66,910	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	200	$61,300	6.28
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	40	$38,750	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	1,010	$30,000	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	120	$36,600	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$50,390	0.70
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	440	$66,100	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	Not available	$75,490
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	950	$54,900	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	70	$104,170	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	260	$62,370	0.64
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	1,330	$35,320	2.00
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	290	$52,580	0.77
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	90	Not available	0.85
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	770	$22,780	1.45
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	90	$28,370	0.53
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	70	$66,300	0.51
Fundraisers `13-1131`	50	$62,440	0.71
Funeral Home Managers `11-9171`	40	$45,210	4.83
General Internal Medicine Physicians `29-1216`	70	$263,160	1.74
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	2,140	$64,860	1.03
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$36,850	0.31
Health Education Specialists `21-1091`	30	$56,530	0.89
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars `29-9021`	80	$36,840	3.43
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	90	$63,180	0.69
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	130	$48,540	1.17
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	140	$57,580	1.23
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	50	$40,470	0.70
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	190	$55,800	0.77
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,030	$49,290	0.84
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	40	$36,930	0.67
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	440	$38,150	4.77
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	2,280	$32,610	0.90
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	120	$22,210	0.45
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	100	$26,840	0.67
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	30	$42,310	0.65
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	310	$54,180	0.58
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	400	$60,780	1.54
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	220	$126,050	1.49
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	100	$46,320	0.23
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	60	$42,080	0.80
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	180	$38,770	0.50
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$47,290	0.49
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	150	$73,680	1.13
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	80	$47,400	0.29
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	90	$34,410	1.08
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	1,180	$28,190	0.90
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates `23-1023`	40	$141,750	3.10
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	200	$50,640	3.13
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	890	$33,090	0.51
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	340	$34,170	0.61
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	70	$26,880	0.61
Lawyers `23-1011`	330	$85,280	0.75
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	210	$36,040	2.25
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	120	$64,090	1.50
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	680	$58,000	1.78
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	620	$37,980	1.07
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	160	$46,390	1.65
Loan Officers `13-2072`	160	$65,480	1.01
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	50	$39,050	3.86
Machinists `51-4041`	160	$52,450	0.92
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	720	$28,130	1.41
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	100	$74,760	2.74
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	1,220	$37,270	1.35
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	Not available	0.12
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	40	$79,930	0.10
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	120	$48,420	0.23
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	990	$37,120	2.05
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	290	$38,850	2.51
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	2,020	$35,300	3.55
Medical Transcriptionists `31-9094`	100	$29,310	4.17
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	680	$82,500	1.92
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	50	$30,790	0.61
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	200	$38,530	2.51
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	60	$35,740	0.65
Meter Readers, Utilities `43-5041`	80	$40,980	6.61
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	440	$58,970	1.21
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	160	$39,250	0.19
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	40	$45,300	0.76
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	310	$51,860	3.00
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers `39-4031`	50	$34,520	3.67
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	70	$65,300	0.38
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	510	$124,920	2.67
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	2,020	$35,330	2.36
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	40	$63,880	0.90
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	130	$89,100	1.61
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	140	$95,580	1.45
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,420	$32,440	0.98
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	510	$56,990	1.81
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	70	$37,690	1.58
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	40	$44,900	0.99
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	430	$37,780	1.91
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	80	$38,010	0.24
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	190	$48,790	0.80
Paramedics `29-2043`	150	$46,140	2.54
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	250	$27,820	1.54
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	70	$41,110	0.76
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	30	$68,080	0.22
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	50	$37,860	0.87
Pharmacists `29-1051`	370	$134,040	1.95
Pharmacy Aides `31-9095`	80	$34,860	3.42
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	920	$37,470	3.31
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	130	$35,910	1.49
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	140	$56,670	2.09
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	130	$90,010	0.81
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	70	$111,420	0.74
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	100	$364,180	0.51
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	150	$56,720	0.56
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	440	$48,680	1.11
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	250	$63,650	5.76
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	180	$55,610	0.91
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents `11-9131`	40	$94,740	5.27
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	180	$51,590	1.98
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	430	$29,630	1.52
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	100	$58,510	1.97
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	80	$52,040	0.35
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	260	$78,100	0.41
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	90	$45,650	0.51
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `33-9099`	40	$51,240	0.81
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	90	$46,340	0.53
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	140	$35,150	2.37
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	340	$62,890	2.46
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	40	$62,900	0.33
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	370	$29,640	0.69
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	180	$36,840	0.90
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	3,190	$73,520	1.60
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	70	$33,990	1.21
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	80	$30,160	1.51
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	200	$62,570	2.40
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	2,250	$28,360	0.98
Sales Managers `11-2022`	150	$104,690	0.41
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	240	$47,750	0.33
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	360	$56,160	0.49
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	40	$80,700	0.22
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	990	$60,270	1.58
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,210	$38,280	1.20
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	180	$51,920	0.64
Security Guards `33-9032`	540	$29,700	0.71
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	310	$37,370	0.64
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	130	$30,120	0.87
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other `25-1069`	50	$59,390	4.66
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `19-3099`	40	$85,020	1.73
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	50	$49,330	1.45
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	150	$75,410	1.24
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	540	$35,270	2.10
Software Developers `15-1252`	130	$104,920	0.13
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	430	$58,360	2.81
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	80	$56,690	1.40
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	250	$58,410	2.58
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	160	$74,620	1.51
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	2,020	$31,050	1.21
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	720	$46,580	2.46
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	90	$46,290	1.36
Surveying and Mapping Technicians `17-3031`	30	$41,600	0.92
Taxi Drivers `53-3054`	60	$35,670	2.30
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	310	$48,560	4.59
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	1,540	$25,290	1.83
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	220	$53,880	2.66
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	120	$61,670	2.07
Tellers `43-3071`	360	$35,060	1.83
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	210	$54,510	0.77
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	50	$90,290	0.37
Tutors `25-3041`	70	$30,930	0.64
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers `39-3031`	30	$21,430	0.46
Veterinarians `29-1131`	30	$95,760	0.70
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	630	$27,030	0.47
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	290	$38,250	3.79
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	220	$57,660	0.91
Word Processors and Typists `43-9022`	Not available	$32,850