High paying management jobs in Paducah, KY-IL

Every management 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 management 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

1Chief Executives$148,710
Bachelor's degree
$59,930 – $348,40040
2Architectural and Engineering Managers$143,940
Bachelor's degree
$104,480 – $237,49060
3Sales Managers$132,660
Bachelor's degree
$61,660 – $281,490130
4Computer and Information Systems Managers$130,300
Bachelor's degree
$79,150 – $200,02080
5Administrative Services Managers$117,840
Bachelor's degree
$57,450 – $166,83070
6Financial Managers$114,460
Bachelor's degree
$74,990 – $206,230130
7Industrial Production Managers$113,380
Bachelor's degree
$71,060 – $194,630110
8Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$109,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,170 – $181,44060
9Facilities Managers$106,820
Bachelor's degree
$59,990 – $168,34050
10Medical and Health Services Managers$105,460
Bachelor's degree
$58,470 – $211,580210
11Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$98,130
Master's degree
$81,100 – $119,650110
12Construction Managers$97,660
Bachelor's degree
$67,760 – $189,96090
13Managers, All Other$97,470
Bachelor's degree
$51,680 – $162,36040
14General and Operations Managers$75,470
Bachelor's degree
$40,090 – $168,3301,440
15Social and Community Service Managers$71,250
Bachelor's degree
$47,610 – $110,39050
16Food Service Managers$67,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,330 – $103,53050
17Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$49,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,790 – $71,81040

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	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$148,710	$59,930 – $348,400	40
2	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$143,940	$104,480 – $237,490	60
3	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$132,660	$61,660 – $281,490	130
4	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$130,300	$79,150 – $200,020	80
5	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$117,840	$57,450 – $166,830	70
6	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$114,460	$74,990 – $206,230	130
7	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$113,380	$71,060 – $194,630	110
8	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$109,890	$56,170 – $181,440	60
9	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$106,820	$59,990 – $168,340	50
10	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$105,460	$58,470 – $211,580	210
11	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$98,130	$81,100 – $119,650	110
12	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$97,660	$67,760 – $189,960	90
13	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$97,470	$51,680 – $162,360	40
14	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$75,470	$40,090 – $168,330	1,440
15	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$71,250	$47,610 – $110,390	50
16	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,140	$16,330 – $103,530	50
17	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,540	$37,790 – $71,810	40

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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