Jobs in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area has 143 open job postings from 29 employers in our data. 12.9% list a pay range, the median posted pay is – a year, 1.4% are remote and 12.6% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
12.6% of open postings have been listed for more than 60 days (median 25 days), 99th highest of 99 metro areas.
12.9% of open job postings list a pay range, 81st of 99 metro areas.
Housing costs run 21% below the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
1.4% of postings are remote, 81st highest of 99 metro areas.
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($48,500) is worth $52,000 in average-US dollars, 51st of 99 metro areas.
Louisville/Jefferson County compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
143open postings from 29 employers
12.9%list a pay range
–median posted pay
1.4%remote
4.1%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$48,500official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
13.3%entry-level postings
The metro area's unemployment rate was 4.1% in 2026-08 (4.1% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across Kentucky, employers had 92,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 4.3% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 11.5% below its February 2020 level and 2.9% lower than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
Shepherdsville, KY
41
4
n/a
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Jeffersonville, IN
34
10
n/a
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Bardstown, KY
18
8
n/a
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New Albany, IN
18
11
n/a
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Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
Who is hiring, by industry
Industry
Postings
Healthcare & Life Sciences
68
Retail & E-commerce
21
Manufacturing & Industrial
17
Employers with the most openings
UofL Health: 30 postings
CenterWell: 15 postings
McKesson: 14 postings
Careers Sazerac: 13 postings
Tsys: 7 postings
Federal government hiring
20 federal job announcements open to the public list Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $113,000. Agencies hiring most: Federal Aviation Administration (15), U.S. Army Reserve Command (3), U.S. Marshals Service (1), House of Representatives (1). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN area run 7% below the national average, and housing runs 21% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $48,500, which is worth $52,000 in average-US dollars.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
