General and Operations Managers
Paducah, KY-IL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 1,440.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Paducah earn more.
$75,470 in Paducah buys what $87,700 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 | $89,140 | $95,800 | 93.1 | +9.2% |
| Lexington | $80,440 | $86,600 | 92.9 | −1.2% |
| Elizabethtown | $76,770 | $84,800 | 90.6 | −3.3% |
| Paducah This page | $75,470 | $87,700 | 86.1 | — |
| Owensboro | $73,460 | $82,900 | 88.6 | −5.4% |
| Bowling Green | $71,170 | $78,900 | 90.2 | −10.0% |
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
- 1,440 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers. Mapped to our taxonomy as general-and-operations-managers.
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