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Average Nurse Practitioners Salary in Paducah, KY-IL

Nurse Practitioners in Paducah, KY-IL earn a median annual salary of $124,200, which is -6.1% compared to the national median. There are 110 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Paducah, KY-IL (metro area).

$124,200
Paducah, KY-IL median annual wage
$60/hour median
-6.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $132,300
110
Local employment
2.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.03
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$99,790
25th
$104,620
Median
$124,200
75th
$133,280
90th
$151,380

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 Paducah, KY-IL, 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
86.1%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$144,278
Goods: 96.0%
Services: 76.9%
Rents: 48.8%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $231,560 Compare 1,580
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $219,080 Compare 3,110
Vallejo, CA $182,370 Compare 180
Napa, CA $176,270 Compare 60
Modesto, CA $173,380 Compare 380
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $172,010 Compare 1,170

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 Paducah, KY-IL

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $378,880 0.75
Anesthesiologists $350,260 3.37
Family Medicine Physicians $234,140 1.24
Chief Executives $148,710 0.59
Architectural And Engineering Managers $143,940 0.87
Pharmacists $134,810 1.25
Sales Managers $132,660 0.63
Computer And Information Systems Managers $130,300 0.37

Paducah, KY-IL has salary data for 210 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Nurse Practitioners in Paducah, KY-IL

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Nurse Practitioners are projected to change by +40.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 29,500 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.