Office Clerks, General
Paducah, KY-IL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 740.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Paducah earn more.
$37,290 in Paducah buys what $43,300 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 | $41,290 | $44,400 | 93.1 | +2.4% |
| Lexington | $40,250 | $43,300 | 92.9 | +0.0% |
| Bowling Green | $38,000 | $42,100 | 90.2 | −2.7% |
| Paducah This page | $37,290 | $43,300 | 86.1 | — |
| Owensboro | $37,190 | $42,000 | 88.6 | −3.1% |
| Elizabethtown | $36,970 | $40,800 | 90.6 | −5.8% |
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
- 740 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 43-9061, Office Clerks, General. Mapped to our taxonomy as office-clerks-general.
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