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Child life specialist jobs in Kentucky

7 open child life specialist jobs in Kentucky at 1 employers. BLS measures a median of $36.09 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Therapists, All Other in Kentucky, opens in a new tab) for therapists, all other here.

7
Open in KY
1
Employers hiring
1
Towns
$36.09
BLS median in KY
15th of 41 states and territories

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Where the child life specialist jobs are in Kentucky

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What child life specialists earn in Kentucky

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in Kentucky

Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in Kentucky, May 2025

$36.09/hr ($75,060 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Therapists, All Other in Kentucky, opens in a new tab)

Median for therapists, all other, against $37.47 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Therapists, All Other, national, opens in a new tab) for the whole US; 190 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Therapists, All Other in Kentucky, opens in a new tab) employed in Kentucky.

By metro area

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Therapists, All Other; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring child life specialists in Kentucky

What the job takes

A bachelor's or master's degree in child life or child development, a supervised internship and the ACLP exam.

  • Certification

    Certified child life specialist (CCLS)

    Association of Child Life Professionals

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Child life specialist jobs in Kentucky: common questions

How much do child life specialists make in Kentucky?

Too few open child life specialist jobs in Kentucky post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $36.09/hr ($75,060 a year) for therapists, all other in Kentucky (May 2025), against $37.47 nationally, 15th highest of 41 states and territories.

Who is hiring child life specialists in Kentucky?

By open jobs on this board: Norton Healthcare (7). In all, 1 employers have child life specialist jobs open in Kentucky.

What do you need to work as a child life specialist in Kentucky?

A bachelor's or master's degree in child life or child development, a supervised internship and the ACLP exam. Certified child life specialist (CCLS) (Association of Child Life Professionals). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Kentucky's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

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Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in Kentucky, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the hourly rates jobs here state, shown when at least eight jobs from three employers state one. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Kentucky, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 23, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Therapists, All Other (SOC 29-1129), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Therapists, All Other, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Therapists, All Other by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026
  5. Certified child life specialist (CCLS): Association of Child Life Professionals

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Child life specialist jobs in Kentucky. Data as of October 23, 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/child-life-specialist/kentucky

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