Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Paducah, KY-IL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 940.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Paducah earn more.
$38,110 in Paducah buys what $44,300 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 | $46,830 | $50,300 | 93.1 | +13.7% |
| Lexington | $41,910 | $45,100 | 92.9 | +1.9% |
| Owensboro | $39,380 | $44,400 | 88.6 | +0.4% |
| Paducah This page | $38,110 | $44,300 | 86.1 | — |
| Bowling Green | $38,040 | $42,200 | 90.2 | −4.7% |
| Elizabethtown | $36,780 | $40,600 | 90.6 | −8.3% |
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
- 940 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Mapped to our taxonomy as laborers-and-freight-stock-and-material-movers-hand.
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