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Mercer County · Kentucky · United States

What trades pay in Mercer County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Mercer County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$750 Median weekly pay across these 16 trades. $1,470 — $377.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 6 businesses · 14 employees$1,470$76,463 a year+143.0%up
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 9 businesses · 16 employees$1,364$70,902 a year+8.2%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 9 businesses · 37 employees$1,078$56,079 a year+14.3%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 11 businesses · 82 employees$1,028$53,466 a year+5.1%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 10 businesses · 28 employees$910$47,346 a year+10.2%up
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 4 businesses · 139 employees$866$45,022 a year+9.1%up
Offices of physiciansNAICS 621111 · 4 businesses · 25 employees$825$42,881 a year-14.9%down
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 11 businesses · 48 employees$750$38,989 a year+1.4%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 6 businesses · 30 employees$717$37,263 a year+0.7%up
General automotive repairNAICS 811111 · 11 businesses · 25 employees$682$35,451 a year-5.3%down
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 6 businesses · 19 employees$637$33,146 a year+7.1%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 7 businesses · 10 employees$509$26,445 a year-23.6%down
Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 7 businesses · 12 employees$499$25,959 a year+14.2%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 10 businesses · 85 employees$421$21,898 a year+3.7%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 18 businesses · 122 employees$384$19,945 a year+7.3%up
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 9 businesses · 238 employees$377$19,581 a year+6.8%up

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses1,044
Employees8,518
Annual payroll$326,107
Net movement of people+276People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Mercer County. Same trade, different pay.

Other counties in Kentucky

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

For the business owner

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What is the average weekly pay in Mercer County?
Across the 16 trades on this page, the middle one pays $750 a week. The highest pays $1,470 and the lowest $377.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Mercer County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?
The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.