Owensboro, KY metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Owensboro Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Owensboro, KY metro area

Figures describe the Owensboro, KY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Owensboro city limits. 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 197 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Owensboro, KY metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$401,180	$192.87	140
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$224,740	$108.05	30
3	Chief Executives	$171,540	$82.47	50
4	Pharmacists	$139,950	$67.29	120
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$138,480	$66.58	40
6	Human Resources Managers	$132,760	$63.83	30
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$129,430	$62.23	50
8	Nurse Practitioners	$128,780	$61.91	150
9	Managers, All Other	$127,170	$61.14	40
10	Marketing Managers	$124,040	$59.64	30
11	Administrative Services Managers	$121,020	$58.18	60
12	Sales Managers	$119,320	$57.37	140
13	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$110,320	$53.04	40
14	Industrial Production Managers	$109,400	$52.60	140
15	Financial Managers	$107,190	$51.54	180
16	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$105,090	Not published	110
17	Medical and Health Services Managers	$104,370	$50.18	150
18	Facilities Managers	$102,180	$49.13	30
19	Software Developers	$102,010	$49.05	90
20	Mechanical Engineers	$97,810	$47.03	50
21	Lawyers	$97,620	$46.94	110
22	Occupational Therapists	$95,740	$46.03	60
23	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$94,060	$45.22	50
24	Industrial Engineers	$93,080	$44.75	90
25	Construction Managers	$91,550	$44.02	80

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Owensboro metro 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.