How much do Court, Municipal, and License Clerks make in Paducah, KY-IL?

Percentile spread

For Court, Municipal, and License Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $31,670 and the 90th percentile is $56,390. The difference is $24,720, which is 61.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $35,360 to the 75th at $44,100, covers $8,740.

The mean annual wage is $41,880, which sits above the median of $40,150. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Paducah, KY-IL median is 17.6% lower than the national median of $48,700 for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $46,640, which is 4.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.1% lower than the Kentucky median of $43,680.

Paducah, KY-IL covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Kentucky, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Paducah, KY-IL is 86.084, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $40,150 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Court, Municipal, and License Clerks at $46,640 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks. Paducah, KY-IL ranks 15th of 19 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Cape Girardeau, MO-IL is 60 miles away, with a median of $41,020 and employment of 80. That median is 2.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,654, against $46,640 here.
• Clarksville, TN-KY is 66 miles away, with a median of $48,140 and employment of 240. That median is 19.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,932, against $46,640 here.
• Evansville, IN is 91 miles away, with a median of $44,530 and employment of 120. That median is 10.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,652, against $46,640 here.

Employment share

Court, Municipal, and License Clerks accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Paducah, KY-IL (50 of 50,270). Nationally the occupation is 0.12% of employment (179,750 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.86 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.