Owensboro, KY

200 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 36980.

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
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,770
Retail Salespersons	1,490
General and Operations Managers	1,200
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,180
Cashiers	1,130
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,130
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,080
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	980
Stockers and Order Fillers	980
Customer Service Representatives	920
Nursing Assistants	890
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	840
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	800
Waiters and Waitresses	780
Office Clerks, General	650
Cooks, Fast Food	620
Security Guards	560
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	560
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	520
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	520

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
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	8.13	980
Food Batchmakers	6.61	370
Sewing Machine Operators	4.61	150
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	4.17	220
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	3.40	480
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3.11	170
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	3.11	410
Cooks, Fast Food	3.05	620
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	2.49	120
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	2.34	330
Loan Officers	2.24	200
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2.06	260
Nursing Assistants	1.94	890
Emergency Medical Technicians	1.86	110
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	1.85	140
Pharmacy Technicians	1.77	260
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	1.73	260
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1.71	320
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1.69	520
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1.69	360

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$401,180
Family Medicine Physicians	$224,740
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$171,540
Pharmacists	$139,950
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$138,480
Human Resources Managers	$132,760
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$129,430
Nurse Practitioners	$128,780
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$127,170
Marketing Managers	$124,040
Administrative Services Managers	$121,020
Sales Managers	$119,320
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$110,320
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$109,400
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$107,190
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$105,090
Medical and Health Services Managers	$104,370
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$102,180
Software Developers	$102,010
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$97,810

All 200 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	250	$77,800	0.53
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	60	$121,020	0.72
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	50	$24,690	0.43
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	70	$29,070	0.82
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$129,430	0.71
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$44,250	0.80
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	290	$43,900	1.31
Bartenders `35-3011`	160	$26,810	0.66
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	80	$45,900	0.58
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	560	$46,430	1.29
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	160	$44,560	1.21
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	60	$53,040	0.70
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	60	$58,100	0.17
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$35,370	1.08
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	130	$63,690	0.85
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	50	$62,710	1.40
Carpenters `47-2031`	210	$52,360	1.01
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,130	$27,870	1.15
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	30	$47,620	0.50
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	60	$61,580	3.14
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	50	$171,540	0.82
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	260	$58,920	2.06
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	170	$29,150	1.03
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	40	$91,430	0.36
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	140	$34,430	1.18
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	60	Not available	0.81
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	30	$44,340	0.61
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	80	$74,330	0.63
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	60	$86,470	0.37
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	150	$62,490	0.64
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	40	$138,480	0.20
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	340	$43,760	0.98
Construction Managers `11-9021`	80	$91,550	0.68
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$69,050	0.95
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	620	$22,260	3.05
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	330	$30,170	2.34
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	440	$30,010	0.98
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	90	$41,120	0.71
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	50	$70,460	0.65
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	60	$40,000	0.50
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	50	$44,150	0.92
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	920	$45,260	1.12
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	170	$39,970	3.11
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	160	$45,330	1.31
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$75,490	1.13
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	120	$23,350	0.72
Dishwashers `35-9021`	140	$28,450	0.92
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$44,690	0.90
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	150	$30,380	1.12
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	110	$105,090	1.05
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	80	$60,550	1.99
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	100	$60,970	0.86
Electricians `47-2111`	260	$55,030	1.07
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	470	$63,010	1.06
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	110	Not available	1.86
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	40	$54,990	0.30
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	30	$102,180	0.66
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	30	$224,740	0.94
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	60	$53,300	5.27
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,080	$26,750	0.88
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	180	$107,190	0.69
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	50	$83,800	0.44
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	210	$71,430	0.82
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	50	$35,440	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	460	$34,910	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	70	$39,370	1.32
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$54,450	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	190	$76,870	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	60	$72,010	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	380	$62,340	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	360	$69,320	1.69
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	500	$42,450	1.40
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	220	$62,110	1.11
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	370	$37,090	6.61
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	460	$27,130	1.63
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	70	$29,600	0.71
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	40	$70,200	0.58
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,200	$73,460	1.08
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	60	$44,950	0.91
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	40	$27,890	0.38
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	40	$56,560	0.60
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	40	$35,820	1.08
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	160	$60,060	1.22
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	840	$50,600	1.29
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	40	$34,290	1.22
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	80	$38,150	1.43
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	50	$40,400	0.93
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,180	$36,100	0.86
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	150	$24,050	1.08
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	60	$27,880	0.74
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	30	$132,760	0.44
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	170	$62,440	0.60
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	90	$93,080	0.73
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	480	$73,010	3.40
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	140	$109,400	1.85
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	240	$50,010	0.97
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	320	$49,390	1.71
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	70	$76,030	0.97
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	160	$58,950	1.02
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	800	$29,320	1.14
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	70	$65,430	2.07
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,130	$39,380	1.21
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	320	$35,950	1.04
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	40	$27,500	0.66
Lawyers `23-1011`	110	$97,620	0.44
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	70	$36,870	1.45
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$72,490	1.14
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	40	$33,790	1.51
Library Technicians `25-4031`	30	$49,870	1.52
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	170	$62,180	0.84
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	390	$39,700	1.25
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	220	$46,130	4.17
Loan Officers `13-2072`	200	$58,730	2.24
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	50	$64,230	0.57
Machine Feeders and Offbearers `53-7063`	40	$43,300	3.31
Machinists `51-4041`	90	$47,170	1.02
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	300	$28,310	1.10
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	500	$44,530	1.03
Management Analysts `13-1111`	100	$73,860	0.34
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	40	$127,170	0.20
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	110	$53,950	0.38
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	30	$124,040	0.25
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	50	$97,810	0.58
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	280	$37,020	1.06
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	60	$45,400	1.03
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	520	$37,070	1.69
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	150	$104,370	0.82
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	40	$37,490	0.89
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	40	$43,190	0.79
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	250	$63,070	1.29
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	380	$36,030	0.85
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	30	$44,820	1.03
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	40	$56,310	0.63
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	60	$36,430	1.31
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$94,060	0.49
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	150	$128,780	1.42
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	890	$39,020	1.94
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$82,880	1.00
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	60	$95,740	1.18
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	30	$70,840	2.01
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	650	$37,190	0.83
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	140	$49,550	0.91
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	980	$61,250	8.13
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	80	$37,180	0.42
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	50	$45,590	0.70
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	60	$53,320	0.46
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	110	$37,990	1.24
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	30	$54,350	0.67
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	50	$72,430	0.59
Pharmacists `29-1051`	120	$139,950	1.13
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	260	$40,000	1.77
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	80	$62,860	2.23
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	90	$83,270	1.05
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	140	$401,180	1.24
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	180	$64,310	1.20
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	170	$61,560	0.79
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	130	$59,880	1.24
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	120	$50,440	2.49
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	260	$28,110	1.73
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	60	$33,430	0.81
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	180	$55,590	1.43
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	200	$79,320	0.58
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	60	$52,280	0.62
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$69,350	0.47
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	100	$63,010	1.33
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	310	$31,300	1.07
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	150	$27,000	1.44
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,770	Not available	1.64
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	Not available	$18,370
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,490	$29,030	1.21
Sales Managers `11-2022`	140	$119,320	0.71
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	220	$47,590	0.56
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	390	$59,050	1.00
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	320	$62,150	0.95
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	470	$39,360	0.87
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	120	$55,260	0.75
Security Guards `33-9032`	560	$31,440	1.38
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9012`	60	$63,700	3.11
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	150	$25,980	4.61
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	430	$42,950	1.66
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	100	$29,390	1.21
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	60	$64,990	0.88
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	210	$33,740	1.48
Software Developers `15-1252`	90	$102,010	0.17
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	90	$60,760	1.12
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	50	$62,030	1.81
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	60	$64,380	1.21
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	70	$81,270	1.12
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	980	$31,210	1.09
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	220	$51,770	1.39
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	50	$39,460	1.29
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	520	$35,890	1.15
Tellers `43-3071`	150	$38,020	1.42
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	30	$34,640	0.93
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	80	$63,720	4.68
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	90	$56,150	0.62
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	40	$110,320	0.52
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	780	$29,790	1.08
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	70	$57,810	1.77
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	410	$51,700	3.11