Kentucky · SOC 17-0000 · Annual, 2025
Architecture and engineering occupations in Kentucky
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 17-0000 in Kentucky, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 28,400 people in Kentucky worked in architecture and engineering occupations (SOC 17-0000), with an average annual wage of $98,230.
Employment in architecture and engineering occupations in Kentucky grew 19.4% from 2004 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 57.0% above the all-occupations average in Kentucky. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Kentucky are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 28,400Employment, 2025
- $98,230Mean annual wage
- 1.4%Share of Kentucky jobs
- 0.85Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 23,800; 2005 24,300; 2006 24,600; 2007 24,500; 2008 24,300; 2009 22,600; 2010 22,700; 2011 22,800; 2012 23,200; 2013 23,500; 2014 23,900; 2015 24,600; 2016 25,100; 2017 26,100; 2018 27,200; 2019 28,000; 2020 27,100; 2021 27,700; 2022 28,300; 2023 28,400; 2024 28,700; 2025 28,400.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28,400 | $98,230 | 0.9% |
| 2024 | 28,660 | $95,059 | 1.1% |
| 2023 | 28,353 | $90,299 | 0.4% |
| 2022 | 28,254 | $86,796 | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 27,686 | $83,586 | 2.0% |
| 2020 | 27,143 | $82,518 | 3.0% |
| 2019 | 27,993 | $81,469 | 2.8% |
| 2018 | 27,241 | $78,354 | 4.2% |
| 2017 | 26,145 | $77,833 | 4.3% |
| 2016 | 25,072 | $76,042 | 1.9% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
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Architecture and engineering occupations in Kentucky, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for architecture and engineering occupations in Kentucky. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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