Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
Paducah, KY-IL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 660.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Paducah earn more.
$50,520 in Paducah buys what $58,700 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 | $59,000 | $63,400 | 93.1 | +8.0% |
| Lexington | $56,950 | $61,300 | 92.9 | +4.5% |
| Bowling Green | $53,450 | $59,300 | 90.2 | +1.0% |
| Elizabethtown | $50,680 | $56,000 | 90.6 | −4.7% |
| Owensboro | $50,600 | $57,100 | 88.6 | −2.7% |
| Paducah This page | $50,520 | $58,700 | 86.1 | — |
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
- 660 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 53-3032, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Mapped to our taxonomy as heavy-and-tractor-trailer-truck-drivers.
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