Kentucky was 0.6% below the U.S. median for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. It ranked 20 of 34 state areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Kentucky was 90.2, or 9.8% below the national price level. Its housing index was 64.3.
National-price-dollar proxy
$55,225
WageScope divides the published Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks in Kentucky: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 43-4041 and BLS area 21.
Questions, answered
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks pay in Kentucky: common questions
What is the median wage for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks in Kentucky?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $49,790 per year for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks in Kentucky. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks pay higher in Kentucky than nationally?
Kentucky's published median was 0.6% below the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Kentucky?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 90.2 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
How many Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs does BLS estimate in Kentucky?
From market data to your evidence
Tailor for a real Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks job, not a generic wage number.
Pick an eligible listing, then MeritLog can help you prepare from experience you have confirmed. WageScope never turns a BLS estimate into a qualification or résumé claim.
What the Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median says in Kentucky
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median in Kentucky at $49,790 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 43-4041 and BLS area 21.
BLS lists 60 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $48,150 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Kentucky's Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median is 0.6% below the U.S. Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median of $50,080 on the same published median. The comparison uses the same SOC code and source period. It does not add price levels, taxes, benefits, hours, or a person's work history.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 43-4041 and area 21. SOC 43-4041 names Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Area 21 names Kentucky. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 43-4041/21 row reports 60 wage and salary jobs, 0.03 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.41 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 43-4041/21, the annual median is $49,790 per year, while the matching mean is $48,150 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
BLS area 21 facts behind this Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks page
Area 21 reports 2,000,360 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $58,990. Its annual median is $46,920. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 43-4041 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Kentucky runs from $27,970 at the 10th percentile to $98,380 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $35,410. The median is $46,920. The 75th percentile is $66,760. This is a place check, not a pay range for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 21. They do not show related skills or a path into Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks.
1. Area 21, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 57,930 jobs, $42,770 annual median, 28.96 jobs per 1,000, and 1.53 location quotient.
2. Area 21, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 52,100 jobs, $79,370 annual median, 26.04 jobs per 1,000, and 1.16 location quotient.
3. Area 21, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 51,250 jobs, $29,650 annual median, 25.62 jobs per 1,000, and 1.02 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Kentucky wage ladder for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
The 10th percentile is $40,070 per year. The 25th percentile is $46,660 per year. The median is $49,790 per year. The 75th percentile is $49,790 per year. The 90th percentile is $50,520 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $46,660 per year to $49,790 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $10,450. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Kentucky has a annual median of $49,790 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $50,080 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Kentucky. Kentucky is 0.6% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Where Kentucky sits for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
Kentucky ranks 20 of 34 among states and territories with a published annual median for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 20 of 34 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
17. Colorado has a Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median of $50,820 per year, 210 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.92.
18. Maine has a Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median of $50,370 per year, 80 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.63.
19. Nebraska has a Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median of $50,030 per year, 130 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.65.
21. Iowa has a Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median of $49,780 per year, 240 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.98.
Pay leaders
Where Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 43-4041, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. Texas has the highest published median in this set, at $62,930 per year. Kentucky sits at $49,790 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. Texas has a Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median of $62,930 per year, or $13,140 above Kentucky. BLS lists 1,180 jobs there, compared with 60 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 1.08.
2. Minnesota has a Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median of $61,000 per year, or $11,210 above Kentucky. BLS lists 70 jobs there, compared with 60 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 0.3.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs
Texas has the largest published state job estimate for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks in this same-source set, at 1,180 jobs. Kentucky has 60. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Texas has 1,180 estimated Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs, a gap of 1,120 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $62,930 per year, or $13,140 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.08.
2. Florida has 930 estimated Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs, a gap of 870 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $41,810 per year, or $7,980 below Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.21.
Local-share leaders
Where Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks takes the largest share of local jobs
Puerto Rico has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 2.57. Kentucky has 0.41. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Puerto Rico has a location quotient of 2.57, a gap of 2.16 from Kentucky. BLS lists 190 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs and a median of $33,700 per year, or $16,090 below Kentucky.
2. Louisiana has a location quotient of 2.18, a gap of 1.77 from Kentucky. BLS lists 330 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs and a median of $37,440 per year, or $12,350 below Kentucky.
3. New Hampshire has a location quotient of 2.08, a gap of 1.67 from Kentucky. BLS lists 110 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs and a median of $58,620 per year, or $8,830 above Kentucky.
Job scale and share
How common Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks is in Kentucky
BLS lists 60 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs in Kentucky. It also lists 0.03 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.41. A value of 1 means Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks beside other roles in Kentucky
The all-occupations median in Kentucky is $46,920 per year. The Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median is $49,790 per year. Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks is 6.1% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Kentucky. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a Kentucky median of $47,950 per year. BLS lists 47,320 jobs and a location quotient of 2.62.
2. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Kentucky median of $46,810 per year. BLS lists 22,190 jobs and a location quotient of 1.13.
3. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Kentucky median of $46,550 per year. BLS lists 23,480 jobs and a location quotient of 1.33.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Kentucky
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Kentucky table, at 57,930 jobs. Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks has 60 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 2,000,360. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 57,930 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 57,870 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its median is $42,770 per year, or $7,020 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.53.
2. General and Operations Managers has 52,100 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 52,040 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its median is $79,370 per year, or $29,580 above Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.16.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Kentucky
Registered Nurses has the highest published median in the bounded Kentucky role table, at $81,040 per year. Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks has $49,790 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $46,920 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Registered Nurses has a median of $81,040 per year in Kentucky, or $31,250 above Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 50,300 jobs, compared with 60 for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.16.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $79,370 per year in Kentucky, or $29,580 above Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 52,100 jobs, compared with 60 for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.16.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Kentucky
Cooks, Fast Food has the highest location quotient in the bounded Kentucky role table, at 2.64. Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks has 0.41. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 2.64 in Kentucky, a gap of 2.23 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 21,750 jobs and a median of $23,500 per year, or $26,290 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks.
2. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 2.62 in Kentucky, a gap of 2.21 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 47,320 jobs and a median of $47,950 per year, or $1,840 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks.
Price-level view
What $49,790 may mean after the Kentucky price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Kentucky is 90.2. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 9.8% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $49,790 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median by 90.2 divided by 100. The result is $55,225 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 64.3. Goods are 96.0. Utilities are 75.3. Other services are 97.3. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
The employment RSE for this Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks row is 11.9%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.9%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 60 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $48,150 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. It uses a Kentucky place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $49,790 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks row for Kentucky does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 60 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.41 is not a growth score. Rank 20 of 34 is not a place score. The 90.2 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 43-4041 in BLS area 21. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 60 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 21, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 50,300 jobs, $81,040 annual median, 25.14 jobs per 1,000, and 1.16 location quotient.
5. Area 21, SOC 53-7065, Stockers and Order Fillers: 47,730 jobs, $36,810 annual median, 23.86 jobs per 1,000, and 1.31 location quotient.
6. Area 21, SOC 51-2090, Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators: 47,320 jobs, $47,950 annual median, 23.65 jobs per 1,000, and 2.62 location quotient.
3. Washington has a Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median of $59,840 per year, or $10,050 above Kentucky. BLS lists 110 jobs there, compared with 60 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 0.39.
4. New Jersey has a Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median of $59,400 per year, or $9,610 above Kentucky. BLS lists 600 jobs there, compared with 60 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 1.81.
5. Illinois has a Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median of $58,880 per year, or $9,090 above Kentucky. BLS lists 140 jobs there, compared with 60 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 0.29.
6. New Hampshire has a Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median of $58,620 per year, or $8,830 above Kentucky. BLS lists 110 jobs there, compared with 60 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 2.08.
7. Wisconsin has a Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median of $57,940 per year, or $8,150 above Kentucky. BLS lists 310 jobs there, compared with 60 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 1.37.
8. Ohio has a Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks median of $57,120 per year, or $7,330 above Kentucky. BLS lists 490 jobs there, compared with 60 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 1.13.
3. New York has 730 estimated Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs, a gap of 670 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $56,510 per year, or $6,720 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 0.98.
4. Georgia has 720 estimated Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs, a gap of 660 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $30,490 per year, or $19,300 below Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.9.
5. New Jersey has 600 estimated Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs, a gap of 540 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $59,400 per year, or $9,610 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.81.
6. California has 590 estimated Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs, a gap of 530 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $51,950 per year, or $2,160 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 0.42.
7. North Carolina has 500 estimated Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs, a gap of 440 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $47,340 per year, or $2,450 below Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.31.
8. Ohio has 490 estimated Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs, a gap of 430 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $57,120 per year, or $7,330 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.13.
4. Alabama has a location quotient of 2, a gap of 1.59 from Kentucky. BLS lists 330 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs and a median of $35,990 per year, or $13,800 below Kentucky.
5. Iowa has a location quotient of 1.98, a gap of 1.57 from Kentucky. BLS lists 240 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs and a median of $49,780 per year, or $10 below Kentucky.
6. Indiana has a location quotient of 1.91, a gap of 1.50 from Kentucky. BLS lists 470 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs and a median of $47,930 per year, or $1,860 below Kentucky.
7. Georgia has a location quotient of 1.9, a gap of 1.49 from Kentucky. BLS lists 720 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs and a median of $30,490 per year, or $19,300 below Kentucky.
8. New Jersey has a location quotient of 1.81, a gap of 1.40 from Kentucky. BLS lists 600 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks jobs and a median of $59,400 per year, or $9,610 above Kentucky.
4. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, SOC 43-6014, has a Kentucky median of $44,200 per year. BLS lists 18,420 jobs and a location quotient of 0.84.
5. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a Kentucky median of $56,340 per year. BLS lists 31,760 jobs and a location quotient of 1.2.
6. Light Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3033, has a Kentucky median of $43,230 per year. BLS lists 15,630 jobs and a location quotient of 1.24.
7. Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks, SOC 43-5071, has a Kentucky median of $42,830 per year. BLS lists 16,130 jobs and a location quotient of 1.53.
8. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Kentucky median of $42,770 per year. BLS lists 57,930 jobs and a location quotient of 1.53.
3. Retail Salespersons has 51,250 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 51,190 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its median is $29,650 per year, or $20,140 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.02.
4. Registered Nurses has 50,300 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 50,240 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its median is $81,040 per year, or $31,250 above Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.16.
5. Stockers and Order Fillers has 47,730 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 47,670 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its median is $36,810 per year, or $12,980 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.31.
6. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has 47,320 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 47,260 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its median is $47,950 per year, or $1,840 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 2.62.
7. Cashiers has 44,550 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 44,490 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its median is $28,590 per year, or $21,200 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.12.
8. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 41,860 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 41,800 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its median is $27,130 per year, or $22,660 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 0.84.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $72,490 per year in Kentucky, or $22,700 above Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 13,820 jobs, compared with 60 for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.6.
4. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $64,280 per year in Kentucky, or $14,490 above Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 15,550 jobs, compared with 60 for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 0.98.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $63,180 per year in Kentucky, or $13,390 above Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 19,670 jobs, compared with 60 for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.06.
6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $60,610 per year in Kentucky, or $10,820 above Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 19,080 jobs, compared with 60 for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.07.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $56,340 per year in Kentucky, or $6,550 above Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 31,760 jobs, compared with 60 for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.2.
8. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a median of $47,950 per year in Kentucky, or $1,840 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 47,320 jobs, compared with 60 for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Its location quotient is 2.62.
3. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 2.14 in Kentucky, a gap of 1.73 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 26,430 jobs and a median of $38,750 per year, or $11,040 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks.
4. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 1.6 in Kentucky, a gap of 1.19 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 13,820 jobs and a median of $72,490 per year, or $22,700 above Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks.
5. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.53 in Kentucky, a gap of 1.12 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 57,930 jobs and a median of $42,770 per year, or $7,020 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks.
6. Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks has a location quotient of 1.53 in Kentucky, a gap of 1.12 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 16,130 jobs and a median of $42,830 per year, or $6,960 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks.
7. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 1.34 in Kentucky, a gap of 0.93 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 15,390 jobs and a median of $26,850 per year, or $22,940 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks.
8. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has a location quotient of 1.33 in Kentucky, a gap of 0.92 from Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. BLS lists 23,480 jobs and a median of $46,550 per year, or $3,240 below Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks.
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks pay in Kentucky | BLS 2025
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