Economic Development Cabinet Facts

Average commute : 22.8 min

Population is 4.4 million

39,486.34 square miles

$39,000 is average salary

Labor Costs
Kentucky’s labor costs are below the national average. Kentucky businesses paid 18 percent lower labor costs than the national average in 2014. Over the past few years, productivity per worker in Kentucky has been growing faster than the U.S. overall.

Work Ready Communities
The state’s Work Ready Communities program is the most rigorous workforce certification program in the nation.

Half of all counties are Work Ready Communities

== Cost of Living == Your will find your money goes farther in Kentucky. Kentucky has among the lowest cost of living in the nation.