East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (3 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 252 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$364,180	$175.09	100
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$283,070	$136.09	130
3	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$263,160	$126.52	70
4	Cardiologists	$239,200 or more	$115.00 or more	30
5	Dentists, General	$161,620	$77.70	40
6	Chief Executives	$143,130	$68.81	60
7	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$141,750	$68.15	40
8	Pharmacists	$134,040	$64.44	370
9	Industrial Production Managers	$126,050	$60.60	220
10	Nurse Practitioners	$124,920	$60.06	510
11	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$121,920	$58.62	40
12	Physician Assistants	$111,420	$53.57	70
13	Computer Network Architects	$106,300	$51.10	40
14	Financial Managers	$106,080	$51.00	180
15	Software Developers	$104,920	$50.44	130
16	Sales Managers	$104,690	$50.33	150
17	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$104,170	$50.08	70
18	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$99,290	$47.74	30
19	Veterinarians	$95,760	$46.04	30
20	Occupational Therapists	$95,580	$45.95	140
21	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$94,740	$45.55	40
22	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$94,520	$45.44	100
23	Financial and Investment Analysts	$92,590	$44.51	50
24	Civil Engineers	$91,660	$44.07	100
25	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$90,290	$43.41	50

The full list of every published occupation here is on the East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.