How much do Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education make in Paducah, KY-IL?

Percentile spread

For Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education, the published 10th percentile is $46,070 and the 90th percentile is $74,080. The difference is $28,010, which is 44.8% 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 $48,180 to the 75th at $62,930, covers $14,750.

The mean annual wage is $59,240, which sits below the median of $62,470. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Paducah, KY-IL median is 3% lower than the national median of $64,370 for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. In 2024 national prices the local median is $72,569, which is 12.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.2% higher than the Kentucky median of $61,120.

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 $62,470 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education at $72,569 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. Paducah, KY-IL ranks 3rd of 17 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 $56,090 and employment of 100. That median is 10.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,162, against $72,569 here.
• Clarksville, TN-KY is 66 miles away, with a median of $59,520 and employment of 660. That median is 4.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,445, against $72,569 here.
• Evansville, IN is 91 miles away, with a median of $58,560 and employment of 510. That median is 6.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,980, against $72,569 here.

Employment share

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education accounts for 0.44% of wage-and-salary employment in Paducah, KY-IL (220 of 50,270). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (620,090 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.10 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.