How much do Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other make in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN?

Percentile spread

For Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $37,660 and the 90th percentile is $129,410. The difference is $91,750, which is 116.1% 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 $44,640 to the 75th at $129,410, covers $84,770.

The mean annual wage is $80,820, which sits above the median of $79,050. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN median is 55.3% higher than the national median of $50,890 for Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $84,932, which is 66.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 74.3% higher than the Kentucky median of $45,350.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 93.074, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $79,050 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other at $84,932 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ranks 1st of 15 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).).

• Elizabethtown, KY is 41 miles away, with a median of $43,330 and employment of 130. That median is 45.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,840, against $84,932 here.
• Lexington-Fayette, KY is 69 miles away, with a median of $47,090 and employment of 320. That median is 40.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,695, against $84,932 here.
• Owensboro, KY is 88 miles away, with a median of $60,550 and employment of 80. That median is 23.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,333, against $84,932 here.

Employment share

Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (440 of 685,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (118,590 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.84 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.