Skip to content

An independent salary reference. Not affiliated with BLS or any U.S. government agency.

Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Conveyor Operators And Tenders Salary in Kentucky

Conveyor Operators And Tenders in Kentucky earn a median annual salary of $55,920, which is +35.6% compared to the national median. There are 1,530 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Kentucky (state).

$55,920
Kentucky median annual wage
$27/hour median
+35.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $41,230
1,530
Local employment
0.8 jobs per 1,000 workers
4.54
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$42,910
25th
$50,390
Median
$55,920
75th
$70,740
90th
$70,740

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Kentucky, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
90.2%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$62,024
Goods: 96.0%
Services: 75.3%
Rents: 64.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Wyoming$75,550Compare100
West Virginia$63,200Compare450
Alabama$54,480Compare310
Louisiana$47,840Compare320
Iowa$47,720Compare610
Montana$46,090Compare190

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Kentucky

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,1000.70
Pediatricians, General$237,7400.46
General Internal Medicine Physicians$231,2400.59
Psychiatrists$229,6300.62
Nurse Anesthetists$212,4301.61
Podiatrists$198,9900.45
Physicists$168,6600.11
Chief Executives$146,6301.08

Kentucky has salary data for 733 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Emergency Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Conveyor Operators And Tenders in Kentucky

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Conveyor Operators And Tenders are projected to change by -3.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.