Elizabethtown, KY

213 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 21060.

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
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	2,140
Retail Salespersons	1,570
General and Operations Managers	1,420
Cashiers	1,340
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,330
Human Resources Specialists	1,060
Customer Service Representatives	1,020
Stockers and Order Fillers	910
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	870
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	830
Waiters and Waitresses	760
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	740
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	700
Cooks, Fast Food	660
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	660
Office Clerks, General	650
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	640
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	600
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	600
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	560

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
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	7.99	240
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	5.70	220
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	5.23	240
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	4.80	660
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	4.60	2,140
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	4.56	450
Human Resources Specialists	3.52	1,060
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	3.41	130
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	3.14	450
Cooks, Fast Food	3.10	660
Sewing Machine Operators	2.98	100
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	2.65	140
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	2.46	200
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	2.44	360
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	2.08	120
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations)	2.06	170
Bus Drivers, School	2.05	270
Highway Maintenance Workers	2.02	100
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	1.91	520
Tellers	1.80	200

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$301,500
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$158,670
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$138,110
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$133,470
Marketing Managers	$133,220
Pharmacists	$132,620
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$125,340
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$125,260
Sales Managers	$121,830
Nurse Practitioners	$115,540
Administrative Services Managers	$110,900
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$107,740
Medical and Health Services Managers	$106,330
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	$106,330
Human Resources Managers	$105,000
Physical Therapists	$104,280
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$102,590
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$102,240
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$101,150
Management Analysts	$100,420

All 213 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	250	$74,020	0.52
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	50	$110,900	0.58
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	60	$85,700	1.25
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	120	$29,730	1.32
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	40	$138,110	0.56
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$49,880	1.02
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	350	$41,630	1.48
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	30	$32,960	1.00
Bartenders `35-3011`	130	$26,620	0.53
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	110	$39,240	0.78
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	560	$43,830	1.23
Budget Analysts `13-2031`	80	$91,560	5.18
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	270	$48,110	2.05
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	130	$53,290	1.35
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	600	$83,780	1.66
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	40	$38,180	0.84
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	220	$73,730	1.35
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	40	$65,420	1.00
Carpenters `47-2031`	190	$49,070	0.84
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,340	$28,270	1.31
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	240	$67,510	5.23
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	40	$158,670	0.66
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	210	$62,130	1.59
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	90	$28,940	0.50
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	40	$65,660	1.69
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	50	Not available	0.38
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	50	$82,200	0.44
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	160	$29,130	1.29
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	60	$49,520	0.56
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	90	$59,800	1.67
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	120	$63,280	0.85
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	50	$78,920	0.88
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	40	$72,030	0.86
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	120	$45,900	2.08
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	450	$106,330	3.14
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	90	$79,040	0.54
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	260	$59,140	1.11
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	130	$125,260	0.60
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	220	$38,740	0.61
Construction Managers `11-9021`	60	$92,360	0.47
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$77,580	0.79
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door `49-9012`	30	$47,640	1.91
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	660	$23,870	3.10
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	360	$30,260	2.44
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	370	$30,120	0.78
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	50	$69,300	0.64
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	60	$41,590	0.46
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	80	$38,290	1.33
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	1,020	$37,480	1.19
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9032`	90	$48,030	5.73
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	140	$46,410	1.06
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$64,620	0.93
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	110	$25,720	0.59
Dishwashers `35-9021`	110	$27,870	0.72
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	50	$53,290	0.68
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	160	$31,210	1.18
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	130	$101,150	1.23
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	130	$43,330	3.41
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	100	$82,770	0.88
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	30	$97,970	0.47
Electricians `47-2111`	300	$54,460	1.19
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	470	$61,840	1.02
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	40	$64,320	0.29
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	60	$38,550	0.54
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	30	$107,740	0.60
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,330	$27,260	1.04
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	160	$125,340	0.57
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	70	$81,330	1.51
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	40	$90,260	0.30
Firefighters `33-2011`	130	$34,030	1.10
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	150	$63,730	0.56
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	40	$45,260	1.22
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	530	$35,800	1.31
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	80	$39,720	1.43
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	320	$83,140	1.57
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$61,750	0.70
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	370	$59,340	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	80	$76,800	1.55
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	380	$71,620	1.70
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	560	$38,850	1.49
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	140	$54,990	0.70
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	490	$23,600	1.65
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	50	$71,490	0.64
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,420	$76,770	1.22
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$48,540	0.61
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	70	$28,390	0.73
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	30	$61,450	0.56
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	40	$52,420	1.23
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	160	$55,740	1.21
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	560	$50,680	0.82
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	30	$35,070	1.04
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	80	$37,320	1.38
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	100	$42,490	2.02
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	830	$35,810	0.58
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	140	$25,370	0.99
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	130	$28,700	1.48
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	240	$54,950	7.99
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	80	$105,000	1.07
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	1,060	$78,850	3.52
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	50	$57,460	2.13
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	190	$97,550	1.57
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	230	$62,450	1.57
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	200	$102,240	2.46
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	170	$48,100	0.65
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	40	$94,560	0.56
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	90	$49,940	2.01
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	290	$41,910	1.47
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	60	$63,170	1.01
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	80	$76,250	1.03
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	150	$48,270	0.96
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	600	$34,540	0.83
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	700	$36,780	0.71
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	180	$36,140	0.56
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	70	$27,610	1.08
Lawyers `23-1011`	120	$97,770	0.49
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	70	$36,230	1.28
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$76,920	0.86
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	200	$61,080	0.94
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	340	$42,790	1.04
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	140	$46,460	2.65
Loan Officers `13-2072`	130	$64,090	1.48
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	170	$88,610	2.06
Machinists `51-4041`	70	$57,480	0.70
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	380	$28,770	1.33
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	70	$65,660	3.58
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	640	$45,300	1.26
Management Analysts `13-1111`	220	$100,420	0.75
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	80	$133,470	0.38
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	130	$64,460	0.44
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$133,220	0.38
Mechanical Drafters `17-3013`	50	$67,660	3.58
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	450	$102,590	4.56
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	240	$38,530	0.89
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	110	$44,480	1.68
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	520	$36,920	1.62
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	170	$106,330	0.88
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	40	$42,860	0.85
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	30	$37,190	0.59
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	240	$61,220	1.15
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	2,140	$50,510	4.60
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	50	$60,780	0.88
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	60	$84,240	0.53
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	90	$115,540	0.85
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	450	$38,030	0.93
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	70	$88,610	1.53
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$95,550	0.71
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	650	$36,970	0.80
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	110	$50,960	0.68
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	30	$45,070	1.39
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	30	$38,950	0.26
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	60	$34,690	0.30
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	80	$60,540	0.63
Parking Attendants `53-6021`	30	$32,480	0.73
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	130	$36,120	1.40
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$59,390	0.89
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	30	$39,150	1.02
Pharmacists `29-1051`	100	$132,620	0.91
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	210	$37,150	1.33
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	30	$37,480	0.64
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$60,560	1.40
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	80	$104,280	0.86
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	60	$301,500	0.50
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	180	$59,250	1.13
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	340	$59,030	1.53
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$63,640	1.31
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	140	$57,910	1.24
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	170	$34,290	1.07
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	40	$54,950	2.16
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	210	$49,610	1.65
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	160	$77,260	0.46
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	90	$47,480	0.86
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	90	$67,200	0.94
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$45,570	1.43
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	50	$69,240	0.65
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	250	$33,020	0.84
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	70	$35,460	0.67
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	50	$47,700	1.07
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	870	$77,930	0.78
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	40	$74,040	0.84
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,570	$28,650	1.21
Sales Managers `11-2022`	120	$121,830	0.55
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	230	$51,360	0.54
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	360	$58,540	0.89
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	70	$78,060	0.79
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	320	$61,560	0.89
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	470	$42,340	0.82
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	90	$48,920	0.54
Security Guards `33-9032`	140	$34,450	0.34
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	40	$26,830	0.34
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	100	$26,260	2.98
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	520	$40,650	1.91
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	60	$31,270	0.70
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	40	$100,420	1.68
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$64,690	0.76
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	130	$34,110	0.87
Software Developers `15-1252`	180	$95,980	0.33
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers `15-1253`	40	$65,710	0.72
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	110	$60,910	1.32
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	50	$61,460	1.62
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	100	$62,110	1.79
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	50	$79,380	0.85
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	910	$33,820	0.97
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	260	$58,720	1.62
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	220	$50,000	5.70
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	740	$29,100	1.57
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	50	$64,710	1.57
Tellers `43-3071`	200	$37,070	1.80
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	50	$35,570	1.26
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	130	$62,120	0.88
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	30	$94,820	0.45
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	760	$30,270	1.00
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	60	$51,720	1.42
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	660	$59,900	4.80