What is the average weekly pay in Knox County?

Across the 9 trades on this page, the middle one pays $773 a week. The highest pays $1,251 and the lowest $372.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the payroll that employers in Knox 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.

Knox County · Kentucky · United States

What trades pay in Knox County

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

$773 Median weekly pay across these 9 trades. $1,251 — $372.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

Trade	Per week	vs 2023
Offices of physiciansNAICS 621111 · 13 businesses · 606 employees	$1,251$65,075 a year	+4.9%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 6 businesses · 39 employees	$1,005$52,278 a year	+18.2%up
Tax preparation servicesNAICS 541213 · 6 businesses · 22 employees	$926$48,167 a year	+21.0%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 3 businesses · 23 employees	$818$42,548 a year	+5.8%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 11 businesses · 71 employees	$773$40,180 a year	+10.3%up
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 7 businesses · 208 employees	$523$27,181 a year	+7.2%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 19 businesses · 115 employees	$404$20,984 a year	+14.8%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 11 businesses · 129 employees	$402$20,884 a year	+2.0%up
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 21 businesses · 352 employees	$372$19,370 a year	+7.5%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

Businesses1,459

Employees16,528

Annual payroll$635,354

Net movement of people+56People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

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

Laurel County383
Whitley County367
Other flows - Same State193
Other flows - Different State167

Other counties in Kentucky

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

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What is the average weekly pay in Knox County?: Across the 9 trades on this page, the middle one pays $773 a week. The highest pays $1,251 and the lowest $372.
Where do these numbers come from?: From the payroll that employers in Knox 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.