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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Lexington-Fayette, KY

What professions have the highest employment in Lexington-Fayette, KY? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Lexington-Fayette, KY. We note that the total employment in Lexington-Fayette, KY is 267,800. The most popular job is the registered nurses profession, which employs 8,000 people (2.99 percent of the total employment in Lexington-Fayette, KY). The second most common job is the general and operations manager profession which employs 6,780 people (2.53 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Lexington-Fayette, KY is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Lexington-Fayette, KY (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	267,800	100.00%	$42,640
2	Registered Nurses	8,000	2.99%	$77,010
3	General and Operations Managers	6,780	2.53%	$76,800
4	Retail Salespersons	6,530	2.44%	$27,810
5	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	6,380	2.38%	$32,870
6	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	6,190	2.31%	$44,420
7	Fast Food Cooks	6,030	2.25%	$22,540
8	Stockers and Order Fillers	5,720	2.14%	$33,280
9	Cashiers	5,480	2.05%	$26,350
10	Customer Service Representatives	5,300	1.98%	$35,520
11	Office Clerks, General	4,230	1.58%	$35,400
12	Waiters and Waitresses	4,120	1.54%	$21,200
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	3,580	1.34%	$43,690
14	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	3,420	1.28%	$29,910
15	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,410	1.27%	$49,290
16	Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,280	1.22%	$23,670
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	3,250	1.21%	$40,240
18	Nursing Assistants	2,910	1.09%	$35,580
19	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	2,680	1.00%	$34,770
20	Restaurant Cooks	2,600	0.97%	$29,690
21	Medical Secretaries	2,530	0.94%	$36,860
22	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,520	0.94%	$28,200
23	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	2,480	0.93%	$59,260
24	Security Guards	2,240	0.84%	$28,430
25	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2,210	0.83%	$43,780
26	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,150	0.80%	$59,070
27	Nonfarm Animal Caretakers	2,020	0.75%	$28,940
28	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	2,020	0.75%	$40,140
29	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2,000	0.75%	$39,080
30	Medical Assistants	1,960	0.73%	$36,120
31	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	1,950	0.73%	$59,000
32	Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,910	0.71%	$29,690
33	Accountants and Auditors	1,860	0.69%	$65,430
34	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,800	0.67%	$72,660
35	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,750	0.65%	$31,830
36	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,680	0.63%	$46,430
37	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	1,670	0.62%	$55,660
38	Childcare Workers	1,660	0.62%	$27,090
39	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,630	0.61%	$34,600
40	Construction Laborers	1,560	0.58%	$39,690
41	Pharmacy Technicians	1,500	0.56%	$38,510
42	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	1,450	0.54%	$35,860
43	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,380	0.52%	$60,230
44	Other Production Workers	1,370	0.51%	$36,320
45	Food Preparation Workers	1,360	0.51%	$27,600
46	Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	1,330	0.50%	$33,850
47	Project Management Specialists	1,320	0.49%	$80,720
48	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,320	0.49%	$26,640
49	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,240	0.46%	$49,670
50	Carpenters	1,240	0.46%	$49,310
51	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,240	0.46%	$36,810
52	Human Resources Specialists	1,230	0.46%	$59,960
53	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	1,230	0.46%	$52,140
54	Medical and Health Services Managers	1,210	0.45%	$102,930
55	Electricians	1,180	0.44%	$49,600
56	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,180	0.44%	$43,930
57	Sales Managers	1,110	0.41%	$107,500
58	Computer User Support Specialists	1,110	0.41%	$49,570
59	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,110	0.41%	$59,290
60	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	1,110	0.41%	$76,900
61	Lawyers	1,100	0.41%	$95,220
62	Driver/Sales Workers	1,080	0.40%	$32,770
63	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,040	0.39%	$66,240
64	Pharmacists	1,010	0.38%	$129,620
65	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	1,010	0.38%	$49,200
66	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	990	0.37%	$50,690
67	Other Business Operations Specialists	960	0.36%	$67,190
68	Bartenders	950	0.35%	$28,900
69	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	940	0.35%	$26,400
70	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	920	0.34%	$59,960
71	Software Developers	920	0.34%	$101,920
72	Industrial Engineers	900	0.34%	$83,920
73	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	880	0.33%	$50,180
74	Financial Managers	860	0.32%	$117,060
75	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	850	0.32%	$60,130
76	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	830	0.31%	$48,570
77	Nurse Practitioners	820	0.31%	$103,070
78	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	810	0.30%	$46,580
79	Industrial Production Managers	790	0.29%	$103,630
80	Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	790	0.29%	$27,920
81	Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians	770	0.29%	$63,870
82	Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	770	0.29%	$51,320
83	Social and Human Service Assistants	760	0.28%	$36,040
84	Firefighters	760	0.28%	$35,890
85	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	760	0.28%	$39,090
86	Medical Records Specialists	740	0.28%	$46,710
87	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	730	0.27%	$47,360
88	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	710	0.27%	$51,900
89	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	700	0.26%	$35,880
90	Billing and Posting Clerks	690	0.26%	$40,860
91	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	680	0.25%	$52,200
92	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	670	0.25%	$64,260
93	Tellers	670	0.25%	$30,560
94	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	670	0.25%	$62,540
95	Packers and Packagers	670	0.25%	$32,690
96	Insurance Sales Agents	660	0.25%	$45,160
97	School Bus Drivers	660	0.25%	$41,600
98	Other Education, Training, and Library Workers	600	0.22%	$81,950
99	Compliance Officers	590	0.22%	$62,040
100	Civil Engineers	590	0.22%	$78,060

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