Editing Paducah, Kentucky (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Paducah.jpg|thumb|Downtown Paducah]]
[[Dippin' Dots]], the [[Paducah & Louisville Railway]] and several barge companies have their headquarters in Paducah.<ref>"[http://www.dippindots.com/contact/ Dippin' Dots Contact Information]". [[Dippin' Dots]]. Retrieved on March 5, 2010.</ref>

The river continues to be a prominent source of industry for Paducah. Twenty-three barge companies have their operating or corporate headquarters in Paducah. In 2017, the city of Paducah opened a 340-foot transient boat dock that provides space for transient boaters to tie up for a few hours or several nights, increasing tourism in the city.  Amenities include fuel (diesel and marine grade gasoline), water, power pedestals, and a sewer pumpout station (seasonal for water and sewer amenities).

A federal [[National Weather Service]] Forecast Office is based in Paducah, providing weather information to western Kentucky, western Tennessee, southeastern [[Missouri]], southern [[Illinois]], and southwestern [[Indiana]].
[[File:Delta Queen Paducah.jpg|thumb|The Delta Queen in Paducah]]

===Top employers===
According to Paducah's ''2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,'' the top employers in the city were entities in healthcare and education services:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
| Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc.
|1,445
|-
|2
| Baptist Healthcare Systems
|1,432
|-
|3
|Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.
|969
|-
|4
|Paducah Board of Education
|623
|-
|5
| Baptist Health Medical Group
|410
|-
|6
| City of Paducah
|339
|-
|7
| West Kentucky Community & Technical College
|376
|-
|8
|ViWinTech Window & Door
|370
|-
|9
| Lowes of Paducah #465
|329
|-
|10
|GMRI
|319
|}
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |url=https://citydocs.paducahky.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=354919&dbid=0&repo=City-of-Paducah |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=citydocs.paducahky.gov}}</ref>

Several employers in McCracken County call Paducah home, although their facilities are located outside the city limits. Paducah and McCracken County jointly operate Greater Paducah Economic Development ("GPED"). GPED lists<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Employers {{!}} Greater Paducah Economic Development |url=https://epaducah.com/business/top-employers/ |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=epaducah.com}}</ref> the top employers in McCracken County, several of which include employers within the City of Paducah limits, and is more reflective of the true top employer situation as perceived by citizens of Paducah, as: 
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!#
!Employer
!Product/service
|-
|1
|Baptist Health Paducah
|Healthcare
|-
|2
|Mercy Health-Lourdes
|Healthcare
|-
|3
|Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership
|Clean-up contractor-gaseous diffusion plant
|-
|4
|James Marine
|Inland marine/barge manufacturing
|-
|5
|McCracken County Public Schools
|K–12 education
|-
|6
|Marquette Transportation
|Marine transportation/HQ
|-
|7
|Walmart
|Retail
|-
|8
|Beltline Electric
|Electrical Contractor
|-
|9
|City of Paducah
|Government
|-
|10
|Computer Services, Inc.
|Bank Processing
|-
|11
|Credit Bureau Systems
|Credit reporting
|-
|12
|Independence Bank
|Banking
|-
|13
|Ingram Barge
|Inland marine
|-
|14
|Lowes
|Retail
|-
|15
|Lynx Services
|Call center
|-
|16
|Paducah Public Schools 
|K-12 education
|}