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title: "Average Salary in Lexington, KY"
description: "Mean $62,210, median $48,620 in the Lexington metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
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last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Lexington, KY

Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $62,210, median $48,620 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 286,910 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $52,340.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $28,820 |
| 25th | $36,260 |
| 50th | $48,620 |
| 75th | $75,360 |
| 90th | $103,390 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 92.9 |
| Housing (rents) | 77.1 |
| Goods | 96.2 |
| Utilities | 74.6 |
| Other services | 96.9 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $237,660
- [Ophthalmologist, Except Pediatric](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ophthalmologist): $232,560
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $220,790
- [Neurologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/neurologist): $213,600
- [Economics Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/economics-teacher-postsecondary): $205,000
- [Obstetrician and Gynecologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/obstetrician-and-gynecologist): $203,840
- [Emergency Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/emergency-medicine-physician): $188,280
- [Education Administrator, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/education-administrator-postsecondary): $179,150
- [Psychiatrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/psychiatrist): $173,870
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $173,680

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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