Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary job market in Kentucky
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
The headline
Kentucky industry employment changed 1.0 percentage points below the U.S. benchmark
A data-driven view of the industries that employ Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in Kentucky.
Occupation pay
What Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary earn in Kentucky
BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.
Median annual wage
$61,080Kentucky- Middle 50% of published wages
- $49,670 – $63,860
- U.S. median annual wage
- $63,820
- Reference period
- May 2025
The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.
Pay around Kentucky
How median pay varies by metro area
Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary, compared with the Kentucky median of $61,080.
Paducah, KY-IL$77,170+26.3% vs. state
Owensboro, KY$62,710+2.7% vs. state
Lexington-Fayette, KY$62,370+2.1% vs. state
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$61,530+0.7% vs. state
Bowling Green, KY$59,610−2.4% vs. state
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$56,490−7.5% vs. state
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Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$51,630−15.5% vs. state
Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Kentucky median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.
Verified snapshot
Market at a Glance
Key changes in Kentucky’s weighted industry mix.
Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Published coverage: 27,969 represented establishments, 94.99% of the published industry mix.
Local research
What the data shows for career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in Kentucky
Findings describe the published observation periods shown below. Research published Oct 10, 2026.
The highest-paying metro has a smaller employment market
The largest metro employment market in this Kentucky comparison is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, with 180 estimated jobs and median annual pay of $51,630 in OEWS May 2025. Paducah, KY-IL has the highest median pay, $77,170, alongside an employment estimate of 80. Among 5 metros with both usable measures, its median pay is 49.5% higher than the largest market's. The employment estimates describe existing jobs, not available vacancies.
OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWSSome metro estimates cross state lines. Higher nominal pay does not establish better living standards or better chances of finding a job.
Private education and health services has the largest positive weighted contribution
The leading industry groups examined cover 99.3% of this occupation's national industry mix. Within that comparison for Kentucky in January to March 2026, Private education and health services accounts for 95.6% of the positive weighted contributions, with its own employment changing +1.1% year over year. These contributions weight industry growth by the national industry mix and do not count occupation jobs created.
January to March 2026 · BLS QCEWIndustry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. Findings describe published data and do not establish causes. Methodology
Employment trends
Kentucky industry employment over time
Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.
- Kentucky · 2026 Q1+1.1%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+2.1%
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View every published value
| Quarter | Kentucky | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | +4.0% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | +3.9% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | +3.5% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | +2.7% | 100% |
| 2025 Q2 | +2.6% | 100% |
| 2025 Q3 | +2.2% | 100% |
| 2025 Q4 | +1.7% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | +1.1% | 100% |
How to read this chart
State trend and national reference
The solid line follows Kentucky’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.
- Published quarters
- 8
- Earliest quarter
- 2024 Q2
- Latest quarter
- 2026 Q1
- U.S. benchmark
- +2.1%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary Work
The occupation mix determines which Kentucky industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private education and health services | 94.3% | +1.1% | 27,969 | $1,259 |
| State and local | 4.7% | +1.1% | 5,095 | $1,110 |
| Other services | 0.3% | -0.5% | 10,553 | $923 |
Which industries are growing?
2 weighted industries are growing
Only weighted industries with a published positive Kentucky employment change are listed.
- Private education and health services+1.1%
- State and local+1.1%
The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.
Current Kentucky context
Current Kentucky Market Signals
Statewide indicators for all occupations in Kentucky. They are not Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.
Statewide job postings
Indeed job postings · Kentucky
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100
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| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 100.82 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 100.32 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 99.22 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 98.73 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 98.90 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 99.06 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 99.83 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 101.12 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 101.43 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 102.87 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 102.25 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 102.87 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 102.68 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 102.78 |
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Career context
Related occupations
Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.
Questions answered by this release
Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in Kentucky FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in Kentucky?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Kentucky industries weighted to Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary changed +1.1% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +2.1% nationwide.
Are wages for Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary rising in Kentucky?
QCEW does not publish pay for Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +4.6% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.
How complete is this Kentucky industry view?
The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary openings?
No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.
Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record
Methodology & Sources
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary
- SOC code
- 25-1194
- State
- Kentucky
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- +1.1%State data coverage 100%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- +2.1%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- -1.0 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
- Establishments, year over year
- +3.3%State data coverage 100%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +4.6%State data coverage 100%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/career-technical-education-teachers-postsecondary/kentucky#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.