Waiters and Waitresses
Paducah, KY-IL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 1,010.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of waiters and waitresses in Paducah earn more.
$29,280 in Paducah buys what $34,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington | $34,910 | $37,600 | 92.9 | +10.5% |
| Elizabethtown | $30,270 | $33,400 | 90.6 | −1.7% |
| Louisville | $30,180 | $32,400 | 93.1 | −4.7% |
| Owensboro | $29,790 | $33,600 | 88.6 | −1.2% |
| Paducah This page | $29,280 | $34,000 | 86.1 | — |
| Bowling Green | $28,810 | $31,900 | 90.2 | −6.1% |
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
- 1,010 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 35-3031, Waiters and Waitresses. Mapped to our taxonomy as waiters-and-waitresses.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.