The 2024 KAM Wage and Workforce Study is a comprehensive report on the state of manufacturing employment in Kentucky that allows manufacturers to make strategic decisions to better run their businesses and helps educational institutions prepare our future workforce for a career in manufacturing. All manufacturers in Kentucky were eligible and invited to participate.

The Executive Summary provides an overview of the data collected highlighting key points and results of the data collected. The Full State Report provides detailed wage information for 80 different manufacturing jobs and includes the Executive Summary. 

Furthermore, there are additional questions providing extensive information about benefits and working conditions that help identify current trends and best practices in employee recruitment and retention. A limited number of regional reports are available for some workforce areas for 2024 based on the number of participating companies in each region.