# Counties in Kentucky by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 120 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/kentucky-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 36,836.4 |
| 2 | Fayette County | 14,051.3 |
| 3 | Boone County | 6,446.5 |
| 4 | Kenton County | 5,734 |
| 5 | Warren County | 4,169.2 |
| 6 | Christian County | 3,944.3 |
| 7 | Hardin County | 3,399.2 |
| 8 | Daviess County | 2,693.7 |
| 9 | McCracken County | 2,488.5 |
| 10 | Scott County | 2,385.4 |
| 11 | Franklin County | 2,252.5 |
| 12 | Madison County | 2,123.2 |
| 13 | Campbell County | 1,972.8 |
| 14 | Bullitt County | 1,634.4 |
| 15 | Boyd County | 1,626.8 |
| 16 | Laurel County | 1,355.2 |
| 17 | Pulaski County | 1,351.5 |
| 18 | Oldham County | 1,294.7 |
| 19 | Pike County | 1,132.5 |
| 20 | Nelson County | 1,109.4 |
| 21 | Henderson County | 1,104.3 |
| 22 | Jessamine County | 1,088 |
| 23 | Hopkins County | 1,019.7 |
| 24 | Shelby County | 996.3 |
| 25 | Barren County | 856.8 |
| 26 | Boyle County | 827.5 |
| 27 | Clark County | 815.8 |
| 28 | Marshall County | 777.3 |
| 29 | Calloway County | 774.7 |
| 30 | Whitley County | 723.7 |
| 31 | Graves County | 640.5 |
| 32 | Perry County | 623.2 |
| 33 | Woodford County | 592.5 |
| 34 | Carroll County | 579.2 |
| 35 | Floyd County | 570.2 |
| 36 | Taylor County | 562 |
| 37 | Logan County | 561.2 |
| 38 | Montgomery County | 556 |
| 39 | Rowan County | 540.6 |
| 40 | Simpson County | 510.9 |
| 41 | Marion County | 483 |
| 42 | Muhlenberg County | 469.3 |
| 43 | Bourbon County | 433.4 |
| 44 | Mason County | 429.6 |
| 45 | Mercer County | 413.7 |
| 46 | Greenup County | 403.8 |
| 47 | Bell County | 380.5 |
| 48 | Knox County | 360.7 |
| 49 | Grayson County | 358.1 |
| 50 | Ohio County | 348.8 |
| 51 | Meade County | 336.8 |
| 52 | Union County | 336.4 |
| 53 | Grant County | 307.4 |
| 54 | Harlan County | 305.6 |
| 55 | Hancock County | 299.9 |
| 56 | Russell County | 299.4 |
| 57 | Hart County | 292.2 |
| 58 | Harrison County | 290.5 |
| 59 | Anderson County | 268.6 |
| 60 | Allen County | 260.2 |
| 61 | Carter County | 258.9 |
| 62 | Johnson County | 253 |
| 63 | Adair County | 232.1 |
| 64 | Caldwell County | 222.7 |
| 65 | Wayne County | 222.5 |
| 66 | Livingston County | 221.3 |
| 67 | Letcher County | 210.6 |
| 68 | Lawrence County | 206.4 |
| 69 | Clay County | 204.9 |
| 70 | Washington County | 200.6 |
| 71 | Lincoln County | 193.9 |
| 72 | Breckinridge County | 187.2 |
| 73 | Casey County | 186.8 |
| 74 | Rockcastle County | 183.2 |
| 75 | Gallatin County | 182.7 |
| 76 | Monroe County | 170.6 |
| 77 | Morgan County | 170.3 |
| 78 | Fleming County | 168.1 |
| 79 | Henry County | 162 |
| 80 | Todd County | 158.7 |
| 81 | Webster County | 152.7 |
| 82 | Clinton County | 152.2 |
| 83 | McCreary County | 151.5 |
| 84 | Garrard County | 150.6 |
| 85 | Butler County | 145.4 |
| 86 | Ballard County | 136.5 |
| 87 | Pendleton County | 133.7 |
| 88 | Lyon County | 133.5 |
| 89 | Powell County | 133 |
| 90 | Breathitt County | 132.4 |
| 91 | Trigg County | 130.6 |
| 92 | Larue County | 129.7 |
| 93 | Cumberland County | 122.2 |
| 94 | Estill County | 118.6 |
| 95 | Spencer County | 118 |
| 96 | Martin County | 115.3 |
| 97 | Fulton County | 114.1 |
| 98 | Metcalfe County | 107.8 |
| 99 | Bath County | 104.9 |
| 100 | Knott County | 102.5 |
| 101 | Crittenden County | 91.7 |
| 102 | Green County | 91.7 |
| 103 | Lewis County | 90.8 |
| 104 | Owen County | 86.9 |
| 105 | Magoffin County | 84.1 |
| 106 | Lee County | 81.5 |
| 107 | Bracken County | 81.5 |
| 108 | Edmonson County | 80.2 |
| 109 | Jackson County | 79.6 |
| 110 | McLean County | 77.1 |
| 111 | Leslie County | 75.3 |
| 112 | Trimble County | 71.7 |
| 113 | Wolfe County | 68 |
| 114 | Carlisle County | 52.9 |
| 115 | Menifee County | 45.1 |
| 116 | Elliott County | 44.5 |
| 117 | Hickman County | 44.2 |
| 118 | Nicholas County | 43.6 |
| 119 | Owsley County | 32.5 |
| 120 | Robertson County | 14.1 |