High paying business and finance jobs in Paducah, KY-IL

Every business and finance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Paducah, KY-IL. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single business and finance job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Paducah, KY-IL run 13.9% below the national average (2024), so a Paducah, KY-IL salary is worth about 1.16× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Paducah, KY-IL · Employed

1Management Analysts$96,080
Bachelor's degree
$54,940 – $144,64060
2Cost Estimators$82,610
Bachelor's degree
$49,650 – $125,18080
3Project Management Specialists$78,090
Bachelor's degree
$48,320 – $125,560280
4Business Operations Specialists, All Other$74,570
Bachelor's degree
$46,350 – $112,79050
5Labor Relations Specialists$73,780
Bachelor's degree
$48,080 – $90,01040
6Accountants and Auditors$73,650
Bachelor's degree
$48,890 – $120,790280
7Personal Financial Advisors$72,480
Bachelor's degree
$34,170 – $207,23030
8Compliance Officers$69,780
Bachelor's degree
$46,120 – $118,47080
9Training and Development Specialists$65,260
Bachelor's degree
$33,040 – $107,520140
10Human Resources Specialists$64,500
Bachelor's degree
$41,580 – $113,840210
11Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$60,720
Bachelor's degree
$37,310 – $105,180150
12Loan Officers$60,080
Bachelor's degree
$43,170 – $133,63090
13Buyers and Purchasing Agents$59,990
Bachelor's degree
$39,740 – $90,880120

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianPaducah, KY-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Management AnalystsBachelor's degree	$96,080	$54,940 – $144,640	60
2	Cost EstimatorsBachelor's degree	$82,610	$49,650 – $125,180	80
3	Project Management SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$78,090	$48,320 – $125,560	280
4	Business Operations Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$74,570	$46,350 – $112,790	50
5	Labor Relations SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$73,780	$48,080 – $90,010	40
6	Accountants and AuditorsBachelor's degree	$73,650	$48,890 – $120,790	280
7	Personal Financial AdvisorsBachelor's degree	$72,480	$34,170 – $207,230	30
8	Compliance OfficersBachelor's degree	$69,780	$46,120 – $118,470	80
9	Training and Development SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$65,260	$33,040 – $107,520	140
10	Human Resources SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$64,500	$41,580 – $113,840	210
11	Market Research Analysts and Marketing SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$60,720	$37,310 – $105,180	150
12	Loan OfficersBachelor's degree	$60,080	$43,170 – $133,630	90
13	Buyers and Purchasing AgentsBachelor's degree	$59,990	$39,740 – $90,880	120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Paducah, KY-IL. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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