Kentucky · SOC 53-0000 · Annual, 2025
Transportation and material moving occupations in Kentucky
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 53-0000 in Kentucky, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 227,300 people in Kentucky worked in transportation and material moving occupations (SOC 53-0000), with an average annual wage of $54,730.
Employment in transportation and material moving occupations in Kentucky grew 10.8% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.3× as concentrated in Kentucky as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.29). 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.
- 227,300Employment, 2025
- $54,730Mean annual wage
- 11.4%Share of Kentucky jobs
- 1.29Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 157,700; 2005 162,200; 2006 165,600; 2007 168,100; 2008 164,800; 2009 153,400; 2010 155,100; 2011 159,300; 2012 162,700; 2013 164,400; 2014 169,000; 2015 173,900; 2016 178,300; 2017 178,900; 2018 190,800; 2019 202,300; 2020 205,200; 2021 217,000; 2022 228,500; 2023 230,400; 2024 227,900; 2025 227,300.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 227,292 | $54,728 | 0.3% |
| 2024 | 227,896 | $52,996 | 1.1% |
| 2023 | 230,408 | $50,750 | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 228,460 | $47,619 | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 216,973 | $44,316 | 5.8% |
| 2020 | 205,181 | $41,697 | 1.4% |
| 2019 | 202,347 | $38,993 | 6.0% |
| 2018 | 190,798 | $37,471 | 6.7% |
| 2017 | 178,882 | $35,765 | 0.3% |
| 2016 | 178,288 | $34,702 | 2.5% |
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.
Notes
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Transportation and material moving occupations in Kentucky, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for transportation and material moving 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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