# Counties in Kentucky by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 120 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/kentucky-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hancock County | 1,744 |
| 2 | Carroll County | 1,476 |
| 3 | Scott County | 1,453 |
| 4 | Jefferson County | 1,431 |
| 5 | Kenton County | 1,404 |
| 6 | Gallatin County | 1,399 |
| 7 | Oldham County | 1,287 |
| 8 | Fayette County | 1,283 |
| 9 | Livingston County | 1,253 |
| 10 | Ballard County | 1,237 |
| 11 | Franklin County | 1,205 |
| 11 | Trimble County | 1,205 |
| 13 | Marshall County | 1,198 |
| 14 | Mercer County | 1,191 |
| 15 | Meade County | 1,190 |
| 16 | Boyd County | 1,187 |
| 17 | Logan County | 1,180 |
| 18 | Union County | 1,167 |
| 19 | Boone County | 1,163 |
| 20 | McCracken County | 1,141 |
| 21 | Henderson County | 1,138 |
| 21 | Shelby County | 1,138 |
| 23 | Nelson County | 1,123 |
| 24 | Campbell County | 1,118 |
| 25 | Clark County | 1,099 |
| 26 | Warren County | 1,090 |
| 27 | Daviess County | 1,086 |
| 27 | Pendleton County | 1,086 |
| 29 | Hopkins County | 1,084 |
| 30 | Christian County | 1,080 |
| 31 | Bourbon County | 1,079 |
| 32 | Webster County | 1,077 |
| 33 | Hardin County | 1,075 |
| 34 | Bullitt County | 1,066 |
| 35 | Woodford County | 1,065 |
| 36 | Jessamine County | 1,064 |
| 37 | Boyle County | 1,061 |
| 38 | Madison County | 1,045 |
| 39 | Muhlenberg County | 1,041 |
| 40 | Simpson County | 1,035 |
| 41 | Pike County | 1,022 |
| 42 | Perry County | 1,021 |
| 43 | Hart County | 1,020 |
| 43 | Washington County | 1,020 |
| 45 | Owen County | 1,011 |
| 46 | Henry County | 1,009 |
| 47 | Martin County | 1,008 |
| 48 | Graves County | 1,002 |
| 49 | Harrison County | 1,001 |
| 50 | Mason County | 998 |
| 51 | Marion County | 993 |
| 52 | Anderson County | 986 |
| 53 | Barren County | 983 |
| 54 | Garrard County | 977 |
| 55 | Montgomery County | 971 |
| 56 | Laurel County | 967 |
| 57 | Rowan County | 963 |
| 58 | Monroe County | 957 |
| 59 | Todd County | 954 |
| 60 | Bracken County | 951 |
| 61 | Allen County | 950 |
| 62 | Pulaski County | 949 |
| 63 | Floyd County | 945 |
| 63 | Lyon County | 945 |
| 65 | Elliott County | 942 |
| 66 | Cumberland County | 938 |
| 67 | Morgan County | 931 |
| 68 | Clay County | 930 |
| 68 | Grant County | 930 |
| 70 | Butler County | 929 |
| 71 | Estill County | 927 |
| 72 | Greenup County | 926 |
| 73 | Fleming County | 924 |
| 74 | Ohio County | 923 |
| 75 | Calloway County | 920 |
| 76 | Breathitt County | 919 |
| 77 | Carlisle County | 917 |
| 77 | Casey County | 917 |
| 79 | McCreary County | 915 |
| 80 | Spencer County | 910 |
| 81 | Whitley County | 906 |
| 82 | Bath County | 904 |
| 82 | Letcher County | 904 |
| 82 | Metcalfe County | 904 |
| 85 | Lincoln County | 902 |
| 86 | Taylor County | 897 |
| 87 | Grayson County | 888 |
| 88 | Breckinridge County | 885 |
| 89 | Russell County | 882 |
| 90 | Johnson County | 881 |
| 91 | Knox County | 878 |
| 91 | Lewis County | 878 |
| 93 | Green County | 873 |
| 94 | Lee County | 870 |
| 95 | McLean County | 869 |
| 96 | Larue County | 866 |
| 97 | Lawrence County | 863 |
| 98 | Carter County | 861 |
| 99 | Edmonson County | 858 |
| 99 | Fulton County | 858 |
| 101 | Caldwell County | 848 |
| 102 | Leslie County | 847 |
| 103 | Bell County | 844 |
| 104 | Rockcastle County | 843 |
| 105 | Adair County | 842 |
| 106 | Harlan County | 839 |
| 107 | Crittenden County | 833 |
| 108 | Menifee County | 832 |
| 109 | Knott County | 830 |
| 110 | Powell County | 820 |
| 111 | Jackson County | 817 |
| 112 | Hickman County | 814 |
| 113 | Clinton County | 808 |
| 114 | Owsley County | 804 |
| 115 | Wayne County | 803 |
| 116 | Trigg County | 801 |
| 117 | Magoffin County | 779 |
| 118 | Wolfe County | 771 |
| 119 | Robertson County | 744 |
| 120 | Nicholas County | 715 |