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Average Miscellaneous Assemblers And Fabricators Salary in Kentucky

Miscellaneous Assemblers And Fabricators in Kentucky earn a median annual salary of $47,950, which is +7.4% compared to the national median. There are 47,320 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Kentucky (state).

$47,950
Kentucky median annual wage
$23/hour median
+7.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $44,650
47,320
Local employment
23.7 jobs per 1,000 workers
2.62
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$33,560
25th
$38,170
Median
$47,950
75th
$59,730
90th
$66,320

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
$53,184
Goods: 96.0%
Services: 75.3%
Rents: 64.3%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
District of Columbia $50,330 Compare 80
Hawaii $49,630 Compare 420
Alaska $49,390 Compare 220
Nevada $49,050 Compare 11,290
Iowa $48,920 Compare 19,540
Washington $48,260 Compare 16,990

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

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Cardiologists $558,180 N/A
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers $350,950 4.70
Anesthesiologists $347,960 2.18
Neurologists $338,850 1.72
Physicians, All Other $327,390 0.76
Physicians, Pathologists $324,390 N/A
Obstetricians And Gynecologists $317,110 0.89
Radiologists $279,990 N/A

Kentucky has salary data for 712 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Cardiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Miscellaneous Assemblers And Fabricators in Kentucky

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Miscellaneous Assemblers And Fabricators are projected to change by -0.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 156,300 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.