Elizabethtown Employment

Employment and Industries in the Elizabethtown, Kentucky Area

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Most Popular Jobs in Elizabethtown, Kentucky Metro Area (2006 data)

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Teachers and instructors, all other	510	36,070	$21,490 - 59,650	9%	54%
2	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	260	55,140	$22,330 - 102,020	8%	51%
3	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	200	32,540	$25,800 - 37,710	18%	56%
4	Education, training, and library workers, all other	180	32,860	$18,390 - 47,450	11%	79%
5	Accountants and auditors	160	52,370	$31,210 - 78,780	18%	79%
6	Chief executives	110	124,540	$53,980 - 0	2%	65%
7	Financial managers	100	73,880	$42,100 - 112,910	13%	60%
8	Management analysts	100	62,180	$41,760 - 96,560	22%	78%
9	Lawyers	90	105,640	$43,710 - 0	11%	99%
10	Pharmacists	90	102,550	$88,140 - 119,440	22%	97%
11	Public relations specialists	90	45,640	$25,930 - 73,160	18%	81%
12	Mechanical engineers	90	67,470	$49,080 - 92,770	4%	78%
13	Social and community service managers	80	40,330	$26,830 - 58,530	25%	72%
14	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	70		$0 - 0	25%	67%
15	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	70	58,360	$36,530 - 81,030	17%	56%
16	Operations research analysts	70	64,100	$28,800 - 94,480	11%	71%
17	Instructional coordinators	60	62,660	$36,590 - 87,520	23%	79%
18	Computer programmers	60	56,490	$25,870 - 94,600	0%	73%
19	Advertising sales agents	60	37,550	$19,370 - 51,270	20%	56%
20	Network and computer systems administrators	50	54,740	$30,120 - 75,710	27%	50%
21	Managers, all other	50	71,150	$31,530 - 117,320	7%	55%
22	Civil engineers	50	70,240	$53,680 - 89,600	18%	87%
23	Sales managers	50	72,730	$26,160 - 122,400	10%	69%
24	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	40	46,830	$29,270 - 70,740	5%	58%
25	Rehabilitation counselors	40	30,950	$17,280 - 55,230	23%	73%
26	Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	40	43,740	$30,210 - 57,380	12%	51%
27	Floral designers	40	17,740	$12,030 - 24,110	0%	55%
28	Industrial engineers	40	60,540	$45,070 - 82,650	20%	74%
29	Graphic designers	40	36,690	$21,950 - 62,810	10%	55%
30	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	40		$0 - 0	12%	51%
31	Computer and information systems managers	30	72,140	$36,770 - 109,490	16%	73%
32	Training and development specialists	30	46,270	$29,300 - 70,060	18%	56%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Retail salespersons	1,940	22,010	$12,260 - 34,380	12%	25%
2	Team assemblers	1,580	32,350	$20,120 - 43,990	0%	5%
3	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,350	14,140	$11,510 - 17,560	18%	5%
4	Cashiers	1,260	16,540	$11,850 - 22,970	-2%	10%
5	Waiters and waitresses	880	13,470	$11,330 - 15,590	11%	14%
6	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	720	26,000	$15,990 - 43,360	1%	18%
7	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	680	25,220	$15,040 - 40,730	15%	4%
8	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	670	31,460	$21,920 - 40,830	10%	4%
9	Stock clerks and order fillers	620	21,750	$12,970 - 33,790	-7%	8%
10	Customer service representatives	580	20,810	$15,760 - 27,380	25%	22%
11	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	570	21,210	$16,080 - 28,190	18%	7%
12	General and operations managers	550	77,210	$38,970 - 142,560	2%	48%
13	Maintenance and repair workers, general	550	27,840	$13,230 - 44,440	10%	6%
14	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	520	20,100	$12,520 - 31,070	2%	5%
15	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	500	36,670	$20,420 - 57,050	4%	25%
16	Office clerks, general	490	21,450	$13,040 - 31,160	13%	19%
17	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	490	39,200	$23,050 - 65,260	6%	29%
18	Cooks, fast food	470	13,790	$11,640 - 17,440	8%	5%
19	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	460	26,360	$17,860 - 37,320	13%	16%
20	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	390	23,710	$16,270 - 38,420	11%	14%
21	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	380	27,070	$16,240 - 45,640	14%	4%
22	Receptionists and information clerks	370	17,160	$12,160 - 22,900	17%	13%
23	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	350	30,610	$21,270 - 42,690	15%	18%
24	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	340	42,020	$21,870 - 63,020	-4%	15%
25	Business operations specialists, all other	330	57,580	$37,200 - 79,900	21%	49%
26	Industrial truck and tractor operators	330	24,370	$18,530 - 32,980	-1%	2%
27	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	320	32,420	$25,560 - 39,230	14%	7%
28	Child care workers	320	15,540	$12,080 - 19,090	18%	15%
29	Cooks, restaurant	300	16,710	$12,120 - 22,510	12%	5%
30	Tellers	290	19,040	$13,060 - 24,800	14%	16%
31	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	290	20,090	$13,550 - 28,700	18%	6%
32	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	280	15,810	$11,820 - 20,700	13%	5%
33	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	280	32,330	$23,530 - 43,300	-6%	14%
34	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	280	26,460	$15,220 - 38,940	4%	6%
35	Packers and packagers, hand	260	23,410	$14,370 - 32,310	-11%	3%
36	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	240	46,190	$21,860 - 70,810	7%	13%
37	Medical assistants	230	21,070	$16,880 - 27,000	35%	10%
38	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	230	41,600	$27,180 - 64,100	11%	33%
39	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	220	25,410	$19,430 - 31,810	4%	15%
40	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	220	21,130	$15,440 - 28,170	8%	4%
41	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	210	36,410	$23,940 - 48,240	5%	2%
42	Helpers--production workers	200	25,970	$14,560 - 36,320	0%	4%
43	Carpenters	190	28,370	$21,550 - 35,260	10%	6%
44	Medical secretaries	190	22,270	$14,990 - 28,240	17%	18%
45	Sales representatives, services, all other	180	28,610	$15,820 - 52,060	28%	48%
46	All other information and record clerks	180	35,720	$24,050 - 48,170	-12%	21%
47	Security guards	180	28,860	$20,110 - 37,690	17%	13%
48	Home health aides	170	18,770	$13,650 - 23,080	49%	7%
49	Electricians	160	40,930	$17,800 - 72,830	7%	7%
50	Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	160	24,560	$18,710 - 35,600	0%	3%
51	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	160	15,400	$11,860 - 19,680	14%	3%
52	Counter and rental clerks	160	18,220	$11,840 - 29,420	23%	16%
53	Industrial machinery mechanics	160	35,600	$17,890 - 54,890	9%	5%
54	Construction laborers	150	26,000	$16,620 - 37,150	11%	5%
55	Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other	150	41,070	$33,260 - 49,370	8%	9%
56	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	150	49,710	$27,980 - 80,700	9%	10%
57	Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	150	33,120	$25,640 - 44,460	11%	29%
58	Postal service mail carriers	150	43,380	$33,240 - 57,630	1%	11%
59	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	150	18,630	$12,700 - 26,440	12%	6%
60	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	140	37,290	$25,300 - 48,630	11%	4%
61	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	140	54,390	$18,100 - 90,750	4%	38%
62	Food preparation workers	130	19,440	$13,980 - 25,180	15%	7%
63	Dishwashers	130	15,890	$11,780 - 21,350	10%	3%
64	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	130	46,760	$26,270 - 85,810	8%	3%
65	Procurement clerks	130	33,960	$26,070 - 45,260	-1%	24%
66	Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines	120	45,280	$40,520 - 50,950	12%	3%
67	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	120	22,060	$15,540 - 30,630	-4%	5%
68	Loan officers	120	45,100	$23,190 - 92,260	12%	49%
69	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	120	32,310	$26,090 - 39,860	9%	3%
70	Fire fighters	120	28,610	$16,970 - 39,880	12%	18%
71	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	120	58,590	$31,790 - 95,770	0%	42%
72	Food service managers	120	40,580	$29,210 - 56,500	5%	24%
73	Construction managers	110	58,590	$41,650 - 86,950	16%	29%
74	Cement masons and concrete finishers	110	44,300	$23,600 - 61,650	11%	2%
75	Parts salespersons	110	24,330	$16,270 - 40,670	-1%	6%
76	Assemblers and fabricators, all other	110	21,330	$15,000 - 29,330	-8%	5%
77	Medical records and health information technicians	110	30,850	$20,980 - 43,780	18%	12%
78	Machinists	110	37,510	$25,450 - 53,570	-2%	3%
79	Sheet metal workers	100	26,860	$17,290 - 39,830	7%	4%
80	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	100	16,100	$13,150 - 18,860	17%	14%
81	Pharmacy technicians	100	25,300	$18,200 - 35,570	32%	16%
82	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	90	14,630	$11,720 - 17,650	10%	17%
83	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	90	29,460	$18,100 - 43,340	13%	11%
84	Painters, construction and maintenance	80	24,820	$19,720 - 31,830	12%	6%
85	Healthcare support workers, all other	80	31,540	$21,120 - 45,170	16%	10%
86	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	80	29,260	$20,800 - 36,740	12%	3%
87	Bill and account collectors	80	26,010	$18,360 - 33,690	23%	13%
88	File clerks	80	20,260	$14,030 - 24,250	-40%	20%
89	Computer support specialists	80	36,930	$25,050 - 56,330	13%	43%
90	Highway maintenance workers	80	27,000	$20,310 - 36,130	9%	5%
91	Dental assistants	70	30,570	$22,680 - 38,540	29%	9%
92	Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators	70	33,090	$23,550 - 46,760	14%	8%
93	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	70	29,080	$15,710 - 40,690	3%	18%
94	Chefs and head cooks	70	21,920	$17,880 - 26,560	8%	14%
95	Real estate sales agents	70		$[?] - [?]	11%	45%
96	Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers	60	26,520	$19,890 - 35,800	14%	11%
97	Industrial production managers	60	80,580	$42,020 - 122,220	-5%	43%
98	Loan interviewers and clerks	60	28,450	$20,780 - 38,770	0%	24%
99	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	60	49,200	$28,750 - 70,270	13%	17%
100	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	60	30,370	$20,920 - 37,250	-14%	0%

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Jobs More Common Near Elizabethtown Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Education, training, and library workers, all other	32,860	180	14
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	24,560	160	10.3
Procurement clerks	33,960	130	7
Team assemblers	32,350	1,580	5.6
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other	41,070	150	4.8
Teachers and instructors, all other	36,070	510	4.6
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines	45,280	120	4.3
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	32,540	200	4.1
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	33,120	150	3.5
Cooks, fast food	13,790	470	3.3
All other information and record clerks	35,720	180	2.9
Industrial machinery mechanics	35,600	160	2.9
Medical records and health information technicians	30,850	110	2.7
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	36,410	210	2.5
Food service managers	40,580	120	2.4
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	32,330	280	2.4
Assemblers and fabricators, all other	21,330	110	2.4
Sheet metal workers	26,860	100	2.3
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	27,070	380	2.3
Fire fighters	28,610	120	2.3
Child care workers	15,540	320	2.1
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	14,140	1,350	2.1
Industrial truck and tractor operators	24,370	330	2.1
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	46,190	240	2.1
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	42,020	340	2.1
Medical assistants	21,070	230	2
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	16,100	100	2
Cement masons and concrete finishers	44,300	110	2
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	23,710	390	1.9
Tellers	19,040	290	1.9
Construction managers	58,590	110	1.9
Parts salespersons	24,330	110	1.9
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	32,310	120	1.9
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	41,600	230	1.9
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	32,420	320	1.8
Medical secretaries	22,270	190	1.8
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	15,400	160	1.8
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	54,390	140	1.8
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	36,670	500	1.7
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	21,210	570	1.7
Postal service mail carriers	43,380	150	1.7
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	31,460	670	1.7
Helpers--production workers	25,970	200	1.7
Maintenance and repair workers, general	27,840	550	1.7
Retail salespersons	22,010	1,940	1.7
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	58,590	120	1.6
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	26,000	720	1.6
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	18,630	150	1.6
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	25,410	220	1.6
Waiters and waitresses	13,470	880	1.4

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Elizabethtown, Kentucky Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Cement masons and concrete finishers	44,300	1.28	110
Team assemblers	32,350	1.27	1,580
Security guards	28,860	1.26	180
Packers and packagers, hand	23,410	1.23	260
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other	41,070	1.19	150
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	25,220	1.19	680
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	58,590	1.18	120
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	46,760	1.17	130
Helpers--production workers	25,970	1.16	200
All other information and record clerks	35,720	1.16	180
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines	45,280	1.11	120
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	36,410	1.1	210
Food preparation workers	19,440	1.08	130
Medical records and health information technicians	30,850	1.06	110
Machinists	37,510	1.06	110
Business operations specialists, all other	57,580	1.05	330
Procurement clerks	33,960	1.03	130
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	55,140	1.02	260
Dishwashers	15,890	1.01	130
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	33,120	1	150
Teachers and instructors, all other	36,070	1	510
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	32,330	1	280
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	26,460	0.99	280
Postal service mail carriers	43,380	0.99	150
Stock clerks and order fillers	21,750	0.99	620
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	36,670	0.97	500
Home health aides	18,770	0.95	170
Accountants and auditors	52,370	0.95	160
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	21,210	0.95	570
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	26,000	0.95	720
Cashiers	16,540	0.94	1,260
Retail salespersons	22,010	0.94	1,940
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	41,600	0.93	230
Electricians	40,930	0.93	160
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	49,710	0.91	150
Chief executives	124,540	0.91	110
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	39,200	0.91	490
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	25,410	0.9	220
Office clerks, general	21,450	0.9	490
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	14,140	0.9	1,350
Construction laborers	26,000	0.9	150
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	20,090	0.9	290
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	15,810	0.89	280
Food service managers	40,580	0.89	120
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	31,460	0.89	670
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	20,100	0.89	520
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	32,420	0.88	320
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	22,060	0.88	120
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	26,360	0.88	460
Child care workers	15,540	0.87	320

Highest Paying Jobs in Elizabethtown, Kentucky Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Physicians and surgeons, all other	132,870	70
Chief executives	124,540	110
Lawyers	105,640	90
Pharmacists	102,550	90
Industrial production managers	80,580	60
General and operations managers	77,210	550
Financial managers	73,880	100
Sales managers	72,730	50
Computer and information systems managers	72,140	30
Managers, all other	71,150	50
Civil engineers	70,240	50
Mechanical engineers	67,470	90
Computer systems analysts	64,140
Operations research analysts	64,100	70
Instructional coordinators	62,660	60
Management analysts	62,180	100
Computer specialists, all other	61,110
Industrial engineers	60,540	40
Construction managers	58,590	110
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	58,590	120
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	58,360	70
Business operations specialists, all other	57,580	330
Pipelayers	57,160
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	57,150	30
Computer programmers	56,490	60
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	55,140	260
Network and computer systems administrators	54,740	50
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	54,690	50
Database administrators	54,390
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	54,390	140
Accountants and auditors	52,370	160
Cost estimators	51,610	40
Industrial engineering technicians	51,120
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	49,710	150
Administrative services managers	49,580	50
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	49,200	60
Dental hygienists	48,270
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment	48,120
Insurance sales agents	47,660
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	46,830	40
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	46,760	130
Training and development specialists	46,270	30
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	46,190	240
Public relations specialists	45,640	90
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines	45,280	120
Loan officers	45,100	120
Construction and building inspectors	44,610	40
Cement masons and concrete finishers	44,300	110
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	43,740	40
Postal service mail carriers	43,380	150

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