Retail Salespersons
Paducah, KY-IL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 1,800.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of retail salespersons in Paducah earn more.
$28,390 in Paducah buys what $33,000 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 | $30,660 | $32,900 | 93.1 | −0.1% |
| Lexington | $30,100 | $32,400 | 92.9 | −1.7% |
| Owensboro | $29,030 | $32,800 | 88.6 | −0.7% |
| Elizabethtown | $28,650 | $31,600 | 90.6 | −4.1% |
| Bowling Green | $28,430 | $31,500 | 90.2 | −4.4% |
| Paducah This page | $28,390 | $33,000 | 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
- 1,800 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons. Mapped to our taxonomy as retail-salespersons.
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