Cashiers
Paducah, KY-IL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 1,400.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of cashiers in Paducah earn more.
$28,550 in Paducah buys what $33,200 buys across the country as a whole.
Paducah's regional price parity is 86.1 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Kentucky
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Paducah |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | $30,560 | $32,800 | 93.1 | −1.0% |
| Lexington | $29,590 | $31,900 | 92.9 | −4.0% |
| Paducah This page | $28,550 | $33,200 | 86.1 | — |
| Bowling Green | $28,540 | $31,600 | 90.2 | −4.6% |
| Elizabethtown | $28,270 | $31,200 | 90.6 | −5.9% |
| Owensboro | $27,870 | $31,500 | 88.6 | −5.2% |
Price parity and difference against Paducah are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 1,400 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 41-2011, Cashiers. Mapped to our taxonomy as cashiers.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.