The West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area all-occupations median was 13.9% below the U.S. all-occupations median in the same release. Cashiers had the largest published employment estimate among the 30 occupation rows shown on this hub, at 3,750.
Among those high-employment rows, Industrial Machinery Mechanics had the highest published location quotient at 4.03. A location quotient above 1.00 means a larger share of local employment than the national share; it does not measure job quality or future demand.
Occupation detail
Largest published occupations in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
Sorted by published employment. Open a row for its local distribution, national comparison, and jobs.
Largest published occupation estimates by employment
Six high-employment rows from the bounded area summary. The table below keeps each full title and published field.
Cashiers: 3,750 jobs. Heavy and Tractor-Tra...: 3,350 jobs. Laborers and Freight,...: 3,250 jobs. Stockers and Order Fi...: 3,210 jobs. General and Operation...: 2,960 jobs. Retail Salespersons: 2,870 jobs.
Read the all-jobs wage, role mix, local job shares, price-level context, and survey limits as separate facts. Every value stays tied to BLS area 2100001.
Questions, answered
Wage data for West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area: common questions
What is the all-occupations median wage in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published an all-occupations median of $43,870 per year in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. It combines covered wage and salary jobs and is not a median for every individual occupation.
How many wage and salary jobs does BLS estimate in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area?
BLS published an all-occupations employment estimate of 128,740 jobs for West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count.
What is the largest detailed occupation shown for West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area?
Cashiers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded table on this page, with 3,750 estimated jobs and a published median of $27,090 per year.
Does the West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area wage data adjust for local prices?
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What the all-jobs median says about West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the all-occupations median in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area at $43,870 per year. This is the middle wage across covered wage and salary jobs in the area. It is not the median for each job title. It is not one worker's pay. Use an occupation page when you need a role-level answer.
BLS lists 128,740 covered jobs in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. The all-occupations mean is $51,950 per year. Mean means add the wage values and split the total by the number of jobs behind the estimate. The median and mean can differ because the local wage mix is not even.
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area's $43,870 all-occupations median is 13.9% below the U.S. all-occupations median of $50,980 on the same published median. This is a wage check on the same source period. It does not add local price levels, taxes, hours, benefits, or household needs.
Where West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area sits among nonmetro areas
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area ranks 94 of 137 among nonmetro areas with a published annual all-occupations median. WageScope keeps the map type the same. It does not place a state, metro, and nonmetro row in one rank. The rank uses the May 2025 BLS median only.
A rank is a place in a sorted list. It is not a score. It does not say a place is good or bad. It does not show the size of the job base. West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area has 128,740 covered jobs, while another row near it can have a very different count.
The nearby rank rows give context without turning the list into a league table. Small gaps can move a place by several spots. A later BLS release can also change the order. Read the wage gap and the source date beside the rank. Do not use rank alone to make a move.
91. Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $44,190 per year and 97,540 covered jobs. Its wage gap from West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area is $320.
92. North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $44,180 per year and 275,670 covered jobs. Its wage gap from West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area is $310.
93. West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $44,020 per year and 117,280 covered jobs. Its wage gap from West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area is $150.
95. Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $43,830 per year and 93,600 covered jobs. Its wage gap from West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area is $40.
96. Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $43,680 per year and 97,670 covered jobs. Its wage gap from West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area is $190.
97. Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $43,540 per year and 145,750 covered jobs. Its wage gap from West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area is $330.
The largest detailed occupations shown for West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
The role list is sorted by the BLS employment estimate. It shows detailed occupations from the bounded source table for West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. The first row, Cashiers, has 3,750 estimated jobs. Its median is $27,090 per year.
Large roles shape the all-occupations wage mix, but they do not set it by themselves. A role with many jobs and a lower wage can pull the middle one way. A smaller role with a higher wage can move the mean. The all-occupations row is based on the whole covered job mix, not just the occupations shown in this bounded list.
Employment here means wage and salary jobs in the BLS survey scope. It does not mean people looking for work. It does not mean openings. It does not show how fast a role is changing. Use the current job cards only to inspect dated employer-title matches. Keep that view apart from this May 2025 job count.
1. Cashiers has 3,750 estimated jobs in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $27,090 per year. Its location quotient is 1.47.
2. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 3,350 estimated jobs in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $49,330 per year. Its location quotient is 1.96.
Role pay range
How published medians differ inside West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
The detailed roles shown for West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area do not share one pay level. Registered Nurses has the highest published median in this bounded role set, at $76,960 per year. That does not make it the highest-paid role in every job or in every part of the area.
The list keeps each official SOC title tied to its own wage row. It does not blend fields, levels, or job posts. A role median can be above the $43,870 all-occupations median even when the role has few jobs. A large role can sit below that mark. Pay and job count answer different questions.
Use a role's own WageScope page before you compare places. That page shows the national spread, the same SOC code across areas, and the source limits. The area list is a starting map. It is not enough to set a pay target for one person or one listing.
1. Registered Nurses has a published median of $76,960 per year in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,710 jobs. Its local share is 0.97 times the national share.
2. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a published median of $72,800 per year in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,380 jobs. Its local share is 2.48 times the national share.
Local share
Roles with a larger local share in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
Location quotient compares a role's share of jobs in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area with that role's share across the nation. A value of 1 means the shares match. A value above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs. A value below 1 means the share is smaller. The value does not show growth or open jobs.
Industrial Machinery Mechanics has the highest published location quotient in this bounded set, at 4.03. The same row has 1,470 jobs and a median of $67,930 per year. Read all three fields together.
A high share can appear in a small job base. A large job count can appear with a share near 1. A high median can appear in either case. The three measures are not a single score. They help you ask three clear questions: how many jobs, how common the role is in the local mix, and what wage BLS published.
1. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a location quotient of 4.03 in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,470 jobs and a median of $67,930 per year.
2. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 2.48 in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,380 jobs and a median of $72,800 per year.
Separate price view
What the BEA price level adds for West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
WageScope has no exact approved 2024 BEA price row for West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. It does not use a nearby place. It does not copy a state value into a local row. The May 2025 BLS wage page stays useful without that extra source.
A missing BEA row means the page cannot show the national-price-dollar proxy. It does not mean local prices equal the U.S. level. It does not mean the area has low or high prices. The source is absent for this exact map key, so the answer stays absent.
You can still compare the same BLS wage metric with the U.S. row or with like area rows. Keep that as a nominal wage comparison. Add price context only when an exact, current, reviewed source row is available.
How to read survey care marks for West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
The all-occupations employment RSE for West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not an error bar for one person's wage.
The employment RSE belongs to the 128,740 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the all-occupations mean. WageScope does not attach either field to a detailed role, the median, or a percentile. Each role row has its own published care marks when BLS supplies them.
Some BLS values are blank or top coded. Blank does not mean zero. A top code means the value is at least the shown bound. WageScope keeps those states in the role pages and tables. It does not fill a missing value from a peer role, past year, or nearby place.
Use West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area as a map, then choose one occupation
Start with the role that matches the work you mean. Official titles can sound broad. Open the role page and check its SOC code. Then compare the West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area row with the U.S. row on the same annual or hourly metric. Read the job count and location quotient beside the wage. Add the BEA price level only when the exact row is present.
Next, look at the wage spread. The median shows the middle. The 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles show more of the range. A posted job range can be compared with those marks as context, but it stays employer evidence. It never becomes part of the BLS estimate.
If the role-place row is missing, use the national role page or choose another official area. Do not guess. A clean missing state is more useful than a made-up number. It tells you what the source can and cannot answer.
Move from West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area wage data to one checked job
The area page does not treat every local job as the same. Choose an occupation first. WageScope can then use a strict employer-title match for that role. A place filter is used only when the BLS area has an exact approved match in the public place list. If that match is not safe, the page says so.
Each shown job keeps the employer, place, source, and seen date. The cards can change as the public catalog changes. They do not count toward this page's stable content gate. They do not change West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area's $43,870 all-occupations median. They do not prove that the employer uses the BLS title.
Open a listing before you tailor. Use facts from your own work that you can support. A wage value is not a skill, result, or duty. MeritLog can help shape confirmed work for the listing you chose. The public area page does not save the role, listing, place, or résumé on load.
What this West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area page does not say
The page does not say what one person in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area earns. It does not promise a wage, job, move, or result. It does not call the all-occupations median a role wage. It does not turn rank 94 of 137 into a place score. It does not say why wages differ.
The BLS job count leaves out people who work for themselves and other work outside the survey scope. The current job cards are a separate set of public listings. Neither source shows all work. Neither source tells you the chance of getting hired. A missing value stays missing.
Use the page for a narrow task. See the May 2025 local wage picture. Choose one official occupation. Compare the same field across like places. Add the separate 2024 price level when it exists. Read a current employer-title match. Then make a résumé choice from work facts you have confirmed.
No. BLS wage estimates are nominal. Where an exact BEA Regional Price Parity row exists, WageScope shows that price-level context separately and labels its source period.
Are MeritLog job listings part of the government wage estimate?
No. Eligible live listings remain separate from BLS statistics. Their locations and posted pay do not change the official area or occupation rows.
3. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 3,250 estimated jobs in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $38,140 per year. Its location quotient is 1.33.
4. Stockers and Order Fillers has 3,210 estimated jobs in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $34,700 per year. Its location quotient is 1.37.
5. General and Operations Managers has 2,960 estimated jobs in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $68,370 per year. Its location quotient is 1.02.
6. Retail Salespersons has 2,870 estimated jobs in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $28,950 per year. Its location quotient is 0.89.
7. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 2,820 estimated jobs in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $23,450 per year. Its location quotient is 0.88.
8. Registered Nurses has 2,710 estimated jobs in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $76,960 per year. Its location quotient is 0.97.
3. General and Operations Managers has a published median of $68,370 per year in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,960 jobs. Its local share is 1.02 times the national share.
4. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a published median of $67,930 per year in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,470 jobs. Its local share is 4.03 times the national share.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a published median of $61,130 per year in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,090 jobs. Its local share is 0.92 times the national share.
6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a published median of $61,000 per year in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,080 jobs. Its local share is 1.23 times the national share.
7. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a published median of $59,580 per year in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,470 jobs. Its local share is 1.28 times the national share.
8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a published median of $49,330 per year in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 3,350 jobs. Its local share is 1.96 times the national share.
3. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 2.25 in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,200 jobs and a median of $22,900 per year.
4. Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers has a location quotient of 2.12 in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,050 jobs and a median of $44,450 per year.
5. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.96 in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 3,350 jobs and a median of $49,330 per year.
6. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 1.71 in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,360 jobs and a median of $36,360 per year.
7. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.51 in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,810 jobs and a median of $37,230 per year.
8. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has a location quotient of 1.49 in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,690 jobs and a median of $44,090 per year.
