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Infection preventionist jobs in Kentucky

open infection preventionist jobs in Kentucky at . BLS measures a median of $37.89 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Epidemiologists in Kentucky) for epidemiologists here.

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Checked 2 Nov 2026, 07:47 UTC

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Where the infection preventionist 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 infection preventionists 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

$37.89/hr ($78,810 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Epidemiologists in Kentucky)

Median for epidemiologists, against $41.93 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Epidemiologists, national) for the whole US; 120 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Epidemiologists in Kentucky) employed in Kentucky.

Hourly wages in Kentucky, BLS OEWS May 2025. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Epidemiologists (19-1041)$27.89 (source: BLS OEWS, Epidemiologists)$32.52 (source: BLS OEWS, Epidemiologists)$37.89 (source: BLS OEWS, Epidemiologists)$40.24 (source: BLS OEWS, Epidemiologists)$46.23 (source: BLS OEWS, Epidemiologists)120 (source: BLS OEWS, Epidemiologists)
Registered Nurses (29-1141)$30.85 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses)$36.38 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses)$38.96 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses)$46.73 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses)$53.73 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses)50,300 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses)

By metro area

  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-INn/a · 80 (source: BLS OEWS, Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN) employed
  • Lexington-Fayette, KY$37.84/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Lexington-Fayette, KY) · 40 (source: BLS OEWS, Lexington-Fayette, KY) employed

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Epidemiologists; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring infection preventionists in Kentucky

What the job takes

Usually an RN license or a public health or lab science degree, with clinical experience.

  • Certification

    Certified in infection prevention and control (CIC)

    Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology

Infection preventionist jobs in Kentucky: common questions

How much do infection preventionists make in Kentucky?

Too few open infection preventionist jobs in Kentucky post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $37.89/hr ($78,810 a year) for epidemiologists in Kentucky (May 2025), against $41.93 nationally, 26th highest of 43 states and territories.

Where in Kentucky are the most infection preventionist jobs?

Owensboro (2), Henderson (1), Louisville (1) and Middlesborough (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring infection preventionists in Kentucky?

By open jobs on this board: Appalachian Regional Healthcare (1), Deaconess Health System (1) and Majestic Care (1). In all, 5 employers have infection preventionist jobs open in Kentucky.

What do you need to work as an infection preventionist in Kentucky?

Usually an RN license or a public health or lab science degree, with clinical experience. Certified in infection prevention and control (CIC) (Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology). 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 every night from each employer's own careers site, published 2 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Epidemiologists (SOC 19-1041), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses (SOC 29-1141), every state, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Epidemiologists, national, published 15 May 2026
  5. BLS OEWS May 2025: Epidemiologists by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026
  6. Certified in infection prevention and control (CIC): Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Infection preventionist jobs in Kentucky. Data as of 2 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/infection-preventionist/kentucky

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