Owensboro Employment

Employment and Industries in the Owensboro, Kentucky Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Owensboro than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Owensboro.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Owensboro.
A list of any large public companies in Owensboro.

Most Popular Jobs in Owensboro, 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	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	440	42,000	$20,620 - 69,490	8%	51%
2	Accountants and auditors	210	47,310	$27,070 - 74,110	18%	79%
3	Social and human service assistants	170	22,620	$14,400 - 35,040	34%	58%
4	Financial managers	150	84,480	$46,780 - 123,610	13%	60%
5	Chief executives	140	118,920	$51,540 - 0	2%	65%
6	Computer systems analysts	90	64,570	$40,630 - 90,620	29%	68%
7	Pharmacists	90	86,270	$59,110 - 116,030	22%	97%
8	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	80	74,380	$60,680 - 91,620	8%	78%
9	Network and computer systems administrators	80	48,430	$37,220 - 64,480	27%	50%
10	Medical and health services managers	80	64,710	$31,990 - 97,980	16%	57%
11	Mechanical engineers	80	71,690	$52,070 - 94,270	4%	78%
12	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	80	50,540	$31,790 - 70,120	13%	73%
13	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	70		$0 - 0	25%	67%
14	Lawyers	70	99,120	$44,970 - 0	11%	99%
15	Industrial engineers	70	65,690	$40,930 - 90,230	20%	74%
16	Sales managers	60	80,320	$34,250 - 128,540	10%	69%
17	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	50	44,510	$14,230 - 67,880	17%	56%
18	Coaches and scouts	50	43,680	$14,490 - 88,650	15%	60%
19	Librarians	50	47,990	$35,260 - 63,610	4%	85%
20	Instructional coordinators	50	51,040	$31,420 - 79,550	23%	79%
21	Network systems and data communications analysts	50	55,230	$25,890 - 82,850	53%	57%
22	Surveyors	40	43,700	$29,810 - 60,430	24%	82%
23	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	40	52,870	$32,120 - 84,550	12%	51%
24	Public relations specialists	40	37,860	$24,150 - 57,070	18%	81%
25	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	40	50,460	$17,660 - 82,230	5%	58%
26	Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	40	63,260	$43,790 - 91,130	16%	99%
27	Floral designers	40	18,820	$15,910 - 22,790	0%	55%
28	Social and community service managers	30	48,950	$29,390 - 77,250	25%	72%
29	Graphic designers	30	27,640	$19,800 - 36,640	10%	55%
30	Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors	30	64,600	$44,200 - 88,340	10%	74%
31	Education administrators, postsecondary	30	57,680	$35,960 - 85,680	14%	78%
32	Training and development specialists	30	42,340	$26,680 - 60,930	18%	56%
33	Advertising sales agents	30	53,020	$25,110 - 86,700	20%	56%
34	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	30	32,840	$22,490 - 46,660	15%	51%
35	Management analysts	30		$0 - 0	22%	78%
36	Computer and information systems managers	30	75,360	$42,990 - 101,720	16%	73%

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	1,640	19,340	$12,180 - 30,390	12%	25%
2	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,530	14,020	$11,530 - 17,780	18%	5%
3	Cashiers	1,250	15,440	$11,930 - 19,810	-2%	10%
4	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	1,040	19,660	$15,020 - 25,860	18%	7%
5	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	920	22,970	$15,830 - 31,780	1%	18%
6	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	780	17,610	$12,110 - 23,130	15%	4%
7	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	750	19,800	$12,710 - 30,610	2%	5%
8	Waiters and waitresses	750	14,160	$11,510 - 20,650	11%	14%
9	General and operations managers	670	69,630	$31,780 - 121,230	2%	48%
10	Customer service representatives	660	25,640	$18,840 - 34,600	25%	22%
11	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	660	29,040	$21,060 - 41,610	5%	2%
12	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	650	30,990	$20,940 - 43,800	10%	4%
13	Stock clerks and order fillers	640	19,920	$12,690 - 29,770	-7%	8%
14	Office clerks, general	580	20,110	$12,540 - 28,840	13%	19%
15	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	530	30,300	$18,100 - 44,300	4%	25%
16	Receptionists and information clerks	510	21,330	$14,340 - 29,070	17%	13%
17	Industrial machinery mechanics	510	39,970	$31,090 - 47,950	9%	5%
18	Teacher assistants	500	21,130	$15,440 - 26,550	10%	18%
19	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	500	26,510	$16,700 - 38,190	13%	16%
20	Maintenance and repair workers, general	480	27,990	$18,280 - 42,910	10%	6%
21	Team assemblers	480	29,810	$17,210 - 46,810	0%	5%
22	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	450	31,070	$21,220 - 43,840	15%	18%
23	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	450	35,440	$20,310 - 56,380	6%	29%
24	Child care workers	450	16,680	$11,950 - 22,450	18%	15%
25	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	450	47,290	$26,670 - 74,130	-4%	15%
26	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	430	23,470	$15,910 - 31,460	11%	14%
27	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	400	25,800	$14,000 - 40,080	8%	4%
28	Security guards	400	16,120	$12,580 - 18,480	17%	13%
29	Cooks, restaurant	380	18,010	$12,610 - 25,750	12%	5%
30	Construction laborers	380	22,770	$16,590 - 31,120	11%	5%
31	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	370	27,900	$17,190 - 38,840	4%	6%
32	Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	370	26,680	$18,510 - 39,610	-12%	0%
33	Electricians	340	39,150	$24,420 - 51,520	7%	7%
34	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	330	32,190	$24,930 - 40,710	14%	7%
35	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	310	26,890	$20,400 - 35,090	4%	15%
36	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	310	31,990	$20,340 - 44,990	-6%	14%
37	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	300	16,590	$12,000 - 22,180	13%	5%
38	Packers and packagers, hand	300	16,720	$11,970 - 22,990	-11%	3%
39	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	290	17,030	$12,280 - 22,490	18%	6%
40	Industrial truck and tractor operators	270	27,010	$18,240 - 36,480	-1%	2%
41	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	270	27,750	$17,610 - 38,560	14%	4%
42	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	260	26,610	$17,080 - 36,140	-14%	0%
43	Driver/sales workers	250	25,660	$15,320 - 35,250	-4%	4%
44	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	250	45,480	$29,060 - 65,150	11%	4%
45	Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	240	41,580	$34,470 - 48,850	-11%	0%
46	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	240	19,000	$14,970 - 22,670	11%	5%
47	Tellers	230	19,030	$15,450 - 23,280	14%	16%
48	Carpenters	230	29,980	$18,440 - 39,760	10%	6%
49	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	210	47,440	$27,420 - 71,850	7%	13%
50	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	210	51,190	$31,240 - 76,330	9%	10%
51	Helpers--production workers	210	25,430	$16,410 - 37,500	0%	4%
52	Counter and rental clerks	200	15,070	$11,640 - 20,000	23%	16%
53	Dishwashers	190	15,090	$11,760 - 19,470	10%	3%
54	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	180	32,820	$24,350 - 43,420	8%	3%
55	Loan officers	160	47,870	$24,190 - 78,820	12%	49%
56	Assemblers and fabricators, all other	150	21,140	$14,450 - 33,120	-8%	5%
57	Postal service mail carriers	150	43,280	$33,430 - 53,660	1%	11%
58	Food preparation workers	150	15,570	$11,760 - 21,900	15%	7%
59	Pharmacy technicians	150	19,200	$12,910 - 26,780	32%	16%
60	Business operations specialists, all other	140	52,110	$25,450 - 74,490	21%	49%
61	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	140	15,030	$11,750 - 18,930	10%	17%
62	Parts salespersons	130	26,630	$17,210 - 40,140	-1%	6%
63	Food service managers	130	35,390	$24,990 - 48,170	5%	24%
64	Medical assistants	130	22,660	$18,200 - 28,320	35%	10%
65	Machinists	120	32,990	$25,000 - 43,970	-2%	3%
66	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	120	47,430	$20,520 - 75,520	4%	38%
67	Bartenders	120	14,780	$11,550 - 20,070	11%	17%
68	Food servers, nonrestaurant	120	16,280	$12,820 - 19,750	16%	9%
69	Dental hygienists	110	48,940	$40,350 - 60,130	30%	33%
70	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	110	16,760	$13,560 - 19,980	10%	5%
71	Tool and die makers	110	45,890	$32,820 - 60,790	-9%	5%
72	Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	110	19,870	$15,720 - 25,650	13%	15%
73	First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers	100	25,190	$16,310 - 36,730	16%	26%
74	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	100	27,930	$16,650 - 36,120	13%	11%
75	Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	100	33,870	$22,180 - 43,730	-11%	0%
76	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	100	16,660	$11,810 - 24,830	14%	3%
77	Crane and tower operators	100	41,070	$25,600 - 57,260	3%	0%
78	Industrial production managers	100	78,040	$46,260 - 111,140	-5%	43%
79	Cost estimators	100	58,640	$28,540 - 95,210	19%	32%
80	Bakers	90	25,010	$15,900 - 35,290	10%	8%
81	Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders	90	36,660	$27,710 - 44,740	-18%	0%
82	Loan interviewers and clerks	80	23,930	$19,160 - 31,380	0%	24%
83	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	80	42,900	$26,630 - 62,950	10%	17%
84	Medical transcriptionists	80	25,850	$13,210 - 35,480	14%	10%
85	Structural iron and steel workers	80	39,320	$24,000 - 76,670	6%	4%
86	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	80	42,270	$28,680 - 63,710	0%	42%
87	Order clerks	80	27,870	$16,430 - 43,490	-23%	16%
88	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	80	16,690	$12,000 - 22,460	10%	8%
89	Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	80	31,640	$21,310 - 44,880	-4%	4%
90	File clerks	70	20,320	$15,110 - 27,420	-40%	20%
91	Recreation workers	70	21,230	$12,780 - 33,120	13%	47%
92	Computer support specialists	70	31,840	$21,570 - 45,900	13%	43%
93	Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines	70	39,210	$32,220 - 46,960	12%	3%
94	Brickmasons and blockmasons	70	37,750	$25,020 - 53,710	10%	3%
95	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	70	37,690	$23,190 - 56,600	4%	30%
96	Painters, construction and maintenance	70	21,500	$16,770 - 27,690	12%	6%
97	Dental assistants	70	25,300	$19,670 - 29,420	29%	9%
98	Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance	70	29,850	$18,450 - 42,350	2%	11%
99	Preschool teachers, except special education	70	33,300	$24,210 - 44,800	26%	43%
100	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	70	14,730	$11,890 - 18,270	17%	14%

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Jobs More Common Near Owensboro Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	41,580	240	37.3
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	33,870	100	11.2
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	26,680	370	11.1
Crane and tower operators	41,070	100	10.2
Industrial machinery mechanics	39,970	510	8.4
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	29,040	660	7.1
Tool and die makers	45,890	110	4.9
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	26,610	260	3.8
Assemblers and fabricators, all other	21,140	150	2.9
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	19,660	1,040	2.9
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers	25,190	100	2.8
Child care workers	16,680	450	2.8
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	19,000	240	2.7
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	19,870	110	2.5
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	47,290	450	2.5
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	31,990	310	2.4
Industrial production managers	78,040	100	2.4
Food service managers	35,390	130	2.4
Food servers, nonrestaurant	16,280	120	2.4
Dental hygienists	48,940	110	2.3
Driver/sales workers	25,660	250	2.3
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	14,020	1,530	2.2
Parts salespersons	26,630	130	2
Social and human service assistants	22,620	170	2
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	26,890	310	2
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	23,470	430	2
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	45,480	250	2
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	27,930	100	1.9
Electricians	39,150	340	1.9
Pharmacy technicians	19,200	150	1.9
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	22,970	920	1.9
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	32,820	180	1.8
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	16,760	110	1.8
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	32,190	330	1.7
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	30,300	530	1.7
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	47,440	210	1.7
Cooks, restaurant	18,010	380	1.7
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	27,900	370	1.7
Chief executives	118,920	140	1.6
Helpers--production workers	25,430	210	1.6
Industrial truck and tractor operators	27,010	270	1.6
Team assemblers	29,810	480	1.6
Teacher assistants	21,130	500	1.5
Receptionists and information clerks	21,330	510	1.5
Postal service mail carriers	43,280	150	1.5
Cost estimators	58,640	100	1.5
Loan officers	47,870	160	1.5
Counter and rental clerks	15,070	200	1.5
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	30,990	650	1.5
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	27,750	270	1.5

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

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	41,580	1.31	240
Team assemblers	29,810	1.17	480
Helpers--production workers	25,430	1.14	210
Tool and die makers	45,890	1.08	110
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	27,900	1.05	370
Driver/sales workers	25,660	1.04	250
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	45,480	1.04	250
Teacher assistants	21,130	1.01	500
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	19,870	0.99	110
Postal service mail carriers	43,280	0.99	150
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	31,990	0.99	310
Financial managers	84,480	0.98	150
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	25,800	0.98	400
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	26,680	0.97	370
Dishwashers	15,090	0.96	190
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	26,610	0.96	260
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	26,890	0.95	310
Industrial truck and tractor operators	27,010	0.95	270
Business operations specialists, all other	52,110	0.95	140
Receptionists and information clerks	21,330	0.95	510
Industrial machinery mechanics	39,970	0.95	510
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	47,290	0.94	450
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	16,590	0.94	300
Child care workers	16,680	0.94	450
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	51,190	0.94	210
Machinists	32,990	0.93	120
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	15,030	0.93	140
Stock clerks and order fillers	19,920	0.9	640
Customer service representatives	25,640	0.9	660
Parts salespersons	26,630	0.9	130
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	16,760	0.9	110
Electricians	39,150	0.89	340
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	14,020	0.89	1,530
Cooks, restaurant	18,010	0.89	380
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	26,510	0.88	500
Cashiers	15,440	0.88	1,250
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	19,660	0.88	1,040
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	47,440	0.88	210
Packers and packagers, hand	16,720	0.88	300
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	30,990	0.88	650
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	29,040	0.88	660
Food servers, nonrestaurant	16,280	0.88	120
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	19,800	0.88	750
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	32,190	0.87	330
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	19,000	0.87	240
Food preparation workers	15,570	0.87	150
Chief executives	118,920	0.87	140
Medical assistants	22,660	0.87	130
Waiters and waitresses	14,160	0.86	750
Maintenance and repair workers, general	27,990	0.86	480

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

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Chief executives	118,920	140
Lawyers	99,120	70
Pharmacists	86,270	90
Financial managers	84,480	150
Sales managers	80,320	60
Industrial production managers	78,040	100
Computer and information systems managers	75,360	30
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	74,380	80
Mechanical engineers	71,690	80
General and operations managers	69,630	670
Industrial engineers	65,690	70
Medical and health services managers	64,710	80
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors	64,600	30
Computer systems analysts	64,570	90
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	63,260	40
Administrative services managers	60,630	30
Cost estimators	58,640	100
Education administrators, postsecondary	57,680	30
Network systems and data communications analysts	55,230	50
Construction managers	54,970	30
Civil engineering technicians	54,110	40
Advertising sales agents	53,020	30
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	52,870	40
Business operations specialists, all other	52,110	140
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	51,190	210
Instructional coordinators	51,040	50
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders	50,590
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	50,540	80
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	50,460	40
Social and community service managers	48,950	30
Dental hygienists	48,940	110
Network and computer systems administrators	48,430	80
Librarians	47,990	50
Millwrights	47,910	40
Loan officers	47,870	160
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	47,440	210
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	47,430	120
Accountants and auditors	47,310	210
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	47,290	450
Sheet metal workers	46,580	60
Tool and die makers	45,890	110
Sales representatives, services, all other	45,550	40
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	45,480	250
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	44,510	50
Surveyors	43,700	40
Coaches and scouts	43,680	50
Postal service mail carriers	43,280	150
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	42,900	80
Training and development specialists	42,340	30
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	42,270	80

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