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Direct support professional jobs in Kentucky

12 open direct support professional jobs in Kentucky at 4 employers. BLS measures a median of $17.52 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Kentucky, opens in a new tab) for home health and personal care aides here.

12
Open in KY
4
Employers hiring
5
Towns
$17.52
BLS median in KY
21st of 52 states and territories

Newest direct support professional jobs in Kentucky

Checked 29 Oct 2026, 07:47 UTC

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  • Cross Country Healthcare logo

    Cross Country HealthcareTravel nursing agency

    A national staffing company placing travel nurses, allied professionals, therapists and locum tenens providers, with local and per diem work too.

    Places: Nurses, NPs & PAs, Doctors, CNAs & PCTs

  • Supplemental Health Care logo

    Supplemental Health CareTravel nursing agency

    Places nurses, therapists, pharmacists and other professionals in travel, per diem, local and school contracts across the US.

    Places: Nurses, NPs & PAs, CNAs & PCTs, Caregivers

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Where the direct support professional 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 direct support professionals 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

$17.52/hr ($36,440 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Kentucky, opens in a new tab)

Median for home health and personal care aides, against $17.21 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, opens in a new tab) for the whole US; 31,260 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Kentucky, opens in a new tab) employed in Kentucky.

By metro area

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Home Health and Personal Care Aides; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring direct support professionals in Kentucky

What the job takes

A high school diploma; employers train on the job.

  • Certification

    DSP certification

    National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals. Voluntary

    Official page

Direct support professional jobs in Kentucky: common questions

How much do direct support professionals make in Kentucky?

Too few open direct support professional jobs in Kentucky post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $17.52/hr ($36,440 a year) for home health and personal care aides in Kentucky (May 2025), against $17.21 nationally, 21st highest of 52 states and territories.

Where in Kentucky are the most direct support professional jobs?

Louisville (4), Hazard (2), Jackson (2), Florence (1) and Owensboro (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring direct support professionals in Kentucky?

By open jobs on this board: Kentucky River Community Care (6), Boys & Girls Haven (3) and Dungarvin (2). In all, 4 employers have direct support professional jobs open in Kentucky.

What do you need to work as a direct support professional in Kentucky?

A high school diploma; employers train on the job. DSP certification (National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals; voluntary). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Kentucky's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

How current are these jobs?

CareJobs.Now reads each employer's own job board every night; a job stays listed while the employer keeps it posted, and each opens the employer's own application.

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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 distinct hourly rates jobs here state (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), shown when at least three such rates from three employers stand behind it. 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 29, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026
  5. DSP certification: National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Direct support professional jobs in Kentucky. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/direct-support-professional/kentucky

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