Paducah, KY-IL

210 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 37140.

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
Retail Salespersons	1,800
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,720
General and Operations Managers	1,440
Cashiers	1,400
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,160
Sailors and Marine Oilers	1,070
Waiters and Waitresses	1,010
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	940
Customer Service Representatives	860
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	810
Stockers and Order Fillers	760
Office Clerks, General	740
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	730
Nursing Assistants	710
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	700
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	660
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	610
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	600
Construction Laborers	590
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	550

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
Sailors and Marine Oilers	104.67	1,070
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	58.50	700
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	4.11	190
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	3.43	170
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	3.07	440
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	2.98	460
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	2.60	810
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations)	2.50	380
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	2.27	310
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	2.07	190
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1.88	270
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	1.72	150
Light Truck Drivers	1.70	540
Medical Assistants	1.69	450
Construction Laborers	1.68	590
Food Preparation Workers	1.65	480
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	1.64	120
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1.64	600
Electricians	1.62	400
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1.57	1,720

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$378,880
Anesthesiologists	$350,260
Family Medicine Physicians	$234,140
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$148,710
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$143,940
Pharmacists	$134,810
Sales Managers	$132,660
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$130,300
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$124,990
Nurse Practitioners	$124,200
Administrative Services Managers	$117,840
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$114,460
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$113,380
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$109,890
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$106,820
Medical and Health Services Managers	$105,460
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$102,270
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$100,950
Physical Therapists	$99,330
Software Developers	$99,260

All 210 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	280	$73,650	0.59
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	70	$117,840	0.80
Anesthesiologists `29-1211`	40	$350,260	3.37
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	60	$31,200	0.65
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	60	$143,940	0.87
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	60	$48,600	1.17
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	290	$43,260	1.26
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	40	$33,190	1.33
Bartenders `35-3011`	180	$26,350	0.74
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	70	$49,150	1.39
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	140	$43,780	1.04
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	610	$46,310	1.36
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	130	$37,750	1.02
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	190	$78,900	2.07
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	50	$74,570	0.14
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	120	$59,990	0.78
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels `53-5021`	700	Not available	58.50
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	80	$77,170	2.08
Carpenters `47-2031`	310	$51,700	1.42
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,400	$28,550	1.40
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	40	$53,320	0.55
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	40	$44,720	0.66
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	190	$44,220	4.11
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	40	$148,710	0.59
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	170	$57,280	1.37
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	90	$26,800	0.54
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	50	$56,330	2.14
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	80	$100,950	0.69
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	110	$33,290	0.90
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	130	$59,730	1.22
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	40	$43,110	0.45
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	50	$47,580	0.96
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	80	$69,780	0.62
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	80	$94,550	0.47
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	160	$57,570	0.71
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	80	$130,300	0.37
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers `49-2011`	60	$47,810	2.99
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	590	$46,850	1.68
Construction Managers `11-9021`	90	$97,660	0.76
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$78,360	0.75
Conveyor Operators and Tenders `53-7011`	50	$59,140	6.22
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	440	$35,310	3.07
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	490	$31,200	1.07
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	50	$39,120	0.43
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	80	$82,610	1.14
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	70	$35,940	0.57
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	50	$40,150	0.93
Crane and Tower Operators `53-7021`	30	$63,070	2.31
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	860	$36,460	1.03
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	50	$41,470	0.99
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	50	$33,500	1.14
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	190	$46,750	1.53
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	90	$79,610	1.23
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	30	$80,480	1.06
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	120	$27,030	0.68
Dishwashers `35-9021`	170	$29,520	1.11
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	90	$49,920	1.44
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	160	$31,200	1.18
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	110	$98,130	1.01
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	70	$38,520	1.90
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	70	$64,350	0.59
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	50	$95,940	0.79
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	70	$78,510	1.64
Electricians `47-2111`	400	$73,930	1.62
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	360	$62,030	0.80
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	80	$37,140	1.38
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health `19-4042`	50	$41,130	4.79
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	60	$62,890	0.39
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$106,820	0.90
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	40	$234,140	1.24
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,160	$27,640	0.93
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	130	$114,460	0.47
Firefighters `33-2011`	100	Not available	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	350	$72,840	1.31
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	550	$35,210	1.40
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	70	$42,420	1.19
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	220	$76,020	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$63,400	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	440	$57,510	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	40	$74,740	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	290	$87,030	1.35
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	600	$38,410	1.64
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	210	$59,120	1.05
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	480	$27,210	1.65
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	50	$67,140	0.71
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,440	$75,470	1.27
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	40	$28,350	0.41
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$78,660	1.10
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	90	$56,610	0.68
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	660	$50,520	0.99
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	80	$45,080	1.56
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	730	$33,290	0.53
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	190	$26,440	1.36
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	150	$28,840	1.72
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	210	$64,500	0.72
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	80	$102,270	0.65
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	270	$61,100	1.88
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	110	$113,380	1.39
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	100	$39,460	0.40
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	170	$45,850	0.87
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	120	$58,270	0.75
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	520	$33,450	0.73
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	60	$61,530	1.70
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	40	$73,780	1.81
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	940	$38,110	0.99
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	190	$36,120	0.63
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	80	$30,750	1.28
Lawyers `23-1011`	150	$96,960	0.62
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	50	$38,910	1.09
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$62,900	1.16
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	300	$62,060	1.45
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	540	$41,720	1.70
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	60	$45,590	1.16
Loan Officers `13-2072`	90	$60,080	1.04
Machinists `51-4041`	100	$60,300	1.11
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	420	$31,200	1.51
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	530	$45,920	1.07
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	$96,080	0.22
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	40	$97,470	0.17
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	150	$60,720	0.53
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	90	$94,060	0.94
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	450	$39,360	1.69
Medical Equipment Preparers `31-9093`	30	$44,050	1.40
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	80	$45,930	1.32
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	810	$38,340	2.60
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	210	$105,460	1.11
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	70	$36,380	1.27
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	220	$62,470	1.09
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	150	$36,890	0.34
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	40	$57,350	1.32
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	90	$56,980	1.60
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other `53-3099`	30	$20,800	2.16
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3051`	90	Not available	11.42
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$78,690	0.51
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	110	$124,200	1.03
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	710	$37,860	1.52
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	80	$91,740	1.85
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	50	$94,250	0.98
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	740	$37,290	0.93
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	460	$59,000	2.98
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	60	$38,990	2.62
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	30	$39,210	1.37
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	70	$38,180	0.61
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	90	$32,830	0.50
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	50	$45,390	0.66
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	90	$59,110	0.72
Paramedics `29-2043`	60	$53,980	1.86
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	100	$35,920	1.15
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$57,220	0.83
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	30	$72,480	0.37
Pharmacists `29-1051`	130	$134,810	1.25
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	210	$37,750	1.41
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	70	$38,500	1.40
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	60	$58,720	1.76
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	80	$99,330	0.87
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	60	$124,990	1.05
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	80	$378,880	0.75
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	380	$82,120	2.50
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	160	$59,730	0.73
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	40	$60,250	1.59
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	120	$59,880	1.11
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	170	$52,170	3.43
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	240	$28,010	1.53
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	40	$48,890	0.86
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	90	$51,600	0.68
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	280	$78,090	0.80
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	40	$49,540	0.44
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	50	$50,500	0.59
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	120	$75,200	1.64
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	240	$32,130	0.83
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	70	$28,380	0.70
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	40	$48,460	0.75
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,720	$79,920	1.57
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	80	$76,100	1.85
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,800	$28,390	1.43
Sailors and Marine Oilers `53-5011`	1,070	$47,550	104.67
Sales Managers `11-2022`	130	$132,660	0.63
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	270	$55,780	0.68
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	420	$60,340	1.04
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	40	$92,460	0.38
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	250	$61,540	0.73
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	410	$41,820	0.75
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	120	$54,800	0.75
Security Guards `33-9032`	170	$36,370	0.41
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers `49-2098`	90	$56,350	3.36
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	40	$29,090	0.38
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	70	$79,020	1.88
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	320	$42,610	1.19
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	40	$33,170	0.55
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$71,250	0.68
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	130	$37,430	0.90
Software Developers `15-1252`	140	$99,260	0.25
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers `15-1253`	40	$79,340	0.66
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	60	$49,110	0.74
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	40	$59,040	1.40
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	50	$59,410	0.95
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	70	$73,900	1.26
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	760	$33,120	0.83
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	140	$58,240	0.89
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	60	$57,570	1.62
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	350	$29,970	0.76
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	80	$65,240	1.85
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	70	$66,250	2.34
Tellers `43-3071`	160	$36,670	1.46
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	140	$65,260	0.97
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	60	$109,890	0.88
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers `39-3031`	30	$23,730	0.84
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,010	$29,280	1.37
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	70	$52,160	1.71
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	310	$48,560	2.27