Tellers in Kentucky

Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.

The headline

Kentucky industry employment tracked close to the U.S. benchmark

A data-driven view of the industries that employ Tellers in Kentucky.

Verified QCEW 2026 Q1January to March 2026 · State coverage 100% · BLS QCEWCitation Evidence record

Occupation pay

What Tellers earn in Kentucky

BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.

BLS OEWS source

Median annual wage

$37,210Kentucky

Middle 50% of published wages: $35,270 – $43,320
U.S. median annual wage: $43,030
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 Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.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 Tellers, compared with the Kentucky median of $37,210.

Kentucky median$37,210

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$45,920+23.4% vs. state

Middle 50%$39,220 – $47,120Published employment3,170

Lexington-Fayette, KY$42,930+15.4% vs. state

Middle 50%$37,140 – $45,930Published employment500

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$38,370+3.1% vs. state

Middle 50%$36,640 – $44,410Published employment1,390

Owensboro, KY$38,020+2.2% vs. state

Middle 50%$36,350 – $43,670Published employment150

Elizabethtown, KY$37,070−0.4% vs. state

Middle 50%$32,130 – $39,870Published employment200

Paducah, KY-IL$36,670−1.5% vs. state

Middle 50%$31,200 – $42,210Published employment160

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Clarksville, TN-KY$36,540−1.8% vs. state

Middle 50%$34,380 – $42,450Published employment280

Bowling Green, KY$36,190−2.7% vs. state

Middle 50%$35,580 – $36,780Published employment210

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$34,620−7.0% vs. state

Middle 50%$31,730 – $36,910Published employment550

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.

+0.8%Industry employmentKentucky industry employmentU.S. +0.3%vs. +0.3% U.S.

+0.8%Establishments in weighted industriesKentucky establishments in weighted industriesU.S. +2.1%vs. +2.1% U.S.

+5.4%Avg. weekly industry wageKentucky avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +7.9% · not occupation payvs. +7.9% U.S. · not occupation pay

+0.4 ppGap vs. U.S. industry employmentState minus U.S. industry employment change

Published coverage: 14,767 represented establishments, 97.82% of the published industry mix.

Latest interpretation

What stands out for tellers in Kentucky

The clearest signals from the latest validated state industry context and occupation-pay data.

Kentucky leads the U.S. on weighted-industry employment

Employment across the industries associated with Tellers changed +0.8% year over year in Kentucky, 0.5 percentage points above the national change of +0.3%. This is weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment.

BLS QCEW weighted industry context

Published occupation pay is below the U.S. median

The published median annual wage for Tellers in Kentucky is $37,210, 13.5% below the U.S. median of $43,030.

BLS OEWS occupation pay

5 of 6 leading industry groups are growing

5 of the 6 leading weighted industry groups with published values reported employment growth. Private education and health services was strongest at +1.1%.

BLS QCEW weighted industry context

Industry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score.

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.

Latest published values

Kentucky · 2026 Q1+0.8%
U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+0.3%

View every published value

Quarterly Kentucky industry employment changes and coverage
Quarter	Kentucky	Coverage
2024 Q2	-0.1%	100%
2024 Q3	-0.1%	100%
2024 Q4	-0.4%	100%
2025 Q1	-0.4%	100%
2025 Q2	+0.1%	100%
2025 Q3	+0.1%	100%
2025 Q4	+0.6%	100%
2026 Q1	+0.8%	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: +0.3%

Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.

Industry context

Where Tellers Work

The occupation mix determines which Kentucky industries are weighted into this view.

Industries weighted into the Kentucky Tellers context
Industry group	Occupation mix	Employment change	Establishments	Avg. weekly industry wage
Financial activities	97.7%	+0.8%	14,767	$2,042
Professional and business services	2.0%	+0.7%	32,895	$1,427
Private education and health services	0.1%	+1.1%	27,969	$1,259
Other services	0.1%	-0.5%	10,553	$923
State and local	0.1%	+1.1%	5,095	$1,110
Leisure and hospitality	0.0%	+0.7%	12,252	$497

Which industries are growing?

4 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%
Financial activities+0.8%
Leisure and hospitality+0.7%

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 Tellers 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

102.9Postings index · February 1, 2020 = 100Observation: Sep 25, 2026

+2.9%Versus the February 2020 baseline

+3.8%Change over about four weeksAug 28, 2026 to Sep 25, 2026

Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100

View values: Indeed postings index

Indeed postings index
Observation date	Index (Feb 2020 = 100)
Jun 26, 2026	101.22
Jul 3, 2026	100.83
Jul 10, 2026	101.23
Jul 17, 2026	99.69
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

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 Sep 30, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.

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Questions answered by this release

Tellers in Kentucky FAQs

Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.

Is employment growing for Tellers in Kentucky?

The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Kentucky industries weighted to Tellers changed +0.8% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +0.3% nationwide.

Are wages for Tellers rising in Kentucky?

QCEW does not publish pay for Tellers in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +5.4% 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 Tellers 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: Tellers
SOC code: 43-3071
State: Kentucky
QCEW release label: QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period: 2026 Q1
State industry employment, year over year: +0.8%State data coverage 100%
U.S. benchmark, year over year: +0.3%
Difference from U.S. benchmark: +0.4 percentage points
Establishments, year over year: +0.8%State data coverage 100%
Average weekly industry wage, year over year: +5.4%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
Calculation date: Sep 30, 2026
Canonical record URL: https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/tellers/kentucky#evidence-record
Derived by: JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix

Methodology BLS QCEW How to cite QCEW 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.