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Bowling Green, KY

280 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 14540.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

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Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$407,570
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$164,080
Pharmacists$134,980
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$132,540
Education Administrators, Postsecondary$131,880
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations)$131,150
Computer and Information Systems Managers$126,940
Sales Managers$126,460
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$125,170
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$119,110
Human Resources Managers$118,420
Purchasing Managers$118,400
Administrative Services Managers$114,990
Nurse Practitioners$112,970
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$112,770
Marketing Managers$107,440
Business Teachers, Postsecondary$104,190
Construction Managers$101,400
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)$101,280
Electrical Engineers$100,860
All 280 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011390$71,5400.51
Administrative Services Managers 11-3012110$114,9900.80
Advertising Sales Agents 41-301130$38,4900.70
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091130$23,3000.64
Animal Caretakers 39-2021160$29,5101.12
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301130$52,9800.57
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904150$132,5400.42
Athletic Trainers 29-909160$56,6303.74
Audio and Video Technicians 27-401130$44,4600.91
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302160$48,5300.82
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023470$42,8601.26
Bakers 51-3011110$33,9900.86
Bartenders 35-3011270$26,8000.68
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301130$43,1500.41
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021190$44,6400.91
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031900$44,1601.25
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051360$45,2501.67
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 53-3052140$38,3101.67
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031200$51,9201.30
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-119990$69,2400.16
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-101170$104,1901.50
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302160$33,3400.86
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020270$61,1201.05
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-119440$59,6100.67
Carpenters 47-2031480$52,6801.34
Cashiers 41-20111,670$28,5401.02
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-205150$49,3800.49
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101150$54,0800.47
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-9011190$60,8302.51
Chemical Technicians 19-403140$64,6201.35
Chemists 19-203140$80,7800.92
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101180$164,0800.76
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021320$64,0501.52
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011210$24,9600.76
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302260$59,7101.71
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-205180$96,2600.42
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-1031140$73,6600.80
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061300$31,2701.50
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010130$61,4500.74
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022100$32,4800.74
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124100$48,8401.14
Community Health Workers 21-109440$44,6201.21
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041110$59,1000.50
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124140$131,1500.45
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123170$61,2000.92
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-9161160$56,3901.84
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers 51-916230$58,8002.09
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211120$82,2900.43
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232250$51,7100.67
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-302190$126,9400.25
Construction Laborers 47-2061840$41,8801.45
Construction Managers 11-9021140$101,4000.72
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401140$45,7400.52
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011820$23,4502.42
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012530$31,5502.27
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014570$31,0400.76
Cooks, Short Order 35-201540$27,5900.56
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012240$41,1001.19
Cost Estimators 13-105170$71,7200.62
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021150$37,3500.70
Couriers and Messengers 43-502140$30,1701.06
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-403190$43,0800.99
Customer Service Representatives 43-40511,170$37,9700.85
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031430$44,7904.74
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-205140$65,6200.31
Dental Assistants 31-9091220$45,9701.10
Dental Hygienists 29-1292120$75,6901.00
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302140$79,3600.69
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203240$90,3100.83
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103140$62,8601.02
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011150$26,2000.51
Dishwashers 35-9021250$28,7401.00
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-503280$49,1800.78
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031280$30,3201.29
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032170$100,7000.96
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-903350$131,8800.49
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903150$37,0001.17
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-9099120$46,3401.98
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012220$65,3101.20
Electrical Engineers 17-207140$100,8600.34
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-905180$60,4201.09
Electricians 47-2111480$55,7401.20
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021910$61,2601.24
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-204290$37,6000.93
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-601160$64,2900.26
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031110$45,9300.67
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301350$112,7700.58
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-304140$48,3801.85
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30232,540$27,6501.25
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031270$119,1100.61
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205150$97,1800.26
Firefighters 33-2011250$35,2401.37
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011370$73,0900.86
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101450$35,9900.93
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012870$38,1501.34
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011130$36,8601.39
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101260$52,5600.80
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011370$73,8901.13
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101270$70,1400.66
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011650$61,2500.85
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102230$41,6000.51
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101260$77,4300.74
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011690$73,5401.94
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011850$37,9301.44
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 33-109130$48,6900.73
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047340$57,6001.03
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles 47-204230$44,8002.51
Food Batchmakers 51-3092310$48,6703.32
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021660$26,4101.40
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041110$34,0400.68
Food Service Managers 11-905170$66,3800.58
Fundraisers 13-113150$62,4600.87
General and Operations Managers 11-10212,010$71,1701.08
Graphic Designers 27-1024100$47,6500.92
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-5012100$28,5800.60
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars 29-902150$63,4202.53
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-107180$84,6200.64
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209960$46,1100.57
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102260$61,6100.56
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021230$55,2301.07
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,540$53,4501.42
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909860$36,5001.13
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198300$40,3503.42
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-405190$39,3501.12
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11201,150$35,1600.50
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031280$24,5001.21
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081160$28,7601.18
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416140$46,3200.83
Human Resources Managers 11-312180$118,4200.69
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071360$61,8600.76
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-302670$64,0601.64
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112340$101,2801.75
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041700$74,4103.00
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051390$125,1702.97
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051620$39,1101.51
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419940$44,3500.49
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061660$43,7202.09
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909940$44,5900.38
Instructional Coordinators 25-9031140$79,1701.19
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-9041110$55,4800.95
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021260$60,4001.03
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-4111Not available$40,490
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2011690$34,1900.59
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012110$61,7201.89
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70622,070$38,0401.33
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011360$35,6300.72
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-601190$28,3900.85
Lawyers 23-1011250$96,8300.63
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6012110$36,8601.32
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022110$65,2801.51
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-412170$33,3301.52
Library Technicians 25-403190$29,3302.46
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061250$60,8300.73
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-909290$23,4301.04
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033650$39,2701.25
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131120$47,3401.38
Loan Officers 13-2072170$71,0201.14
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108190$65,9800.71
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 53-706330$43,2201.51
Machinists 51-4041260$51,7301.74
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012470$29,2901.02
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-904360$59,1001.85
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071830$45,8801.02
Management Analysts 13-111190$95,6100.18
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-919950$97,7200.14
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161240$60,2000.52
Marketing Managers 11-202180$107,4400.39
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2141130$99,0900.80
Medical Assistants 31-9092600$39,2701.39
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072180$44,7701.72
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-60131,040$37,9402.05
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111290$94,0900.91
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112150$49,5000.62
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102350$41,8600.66
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-1026150$36,4001.69
Meter Readers, Utilities 43-504140$42,7503.69
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022310$61,6000.95
Millwrights 49-904450$77,4802.31
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-20902,030$42,9402.73
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-304290$58,9600.98
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4072240$45,4903.07
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-40811,440Not available21.95
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-124490$76,8800.55
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171150$112,9700.89
Nursing Assistants 31-1131790$38,3401.04
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501180$84,7301.13
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1122140$84,2501.59
Occupational Therapy Assistants 31-201140$61,6901.32
Office Clerks, General 43-9061960$38,0000.74
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073300$60,1801.18
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-2057110$35,3802.89
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208160$37,0001.63
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111480$46,3302.38
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064320$33,3101.07
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214150$40,6000.43
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9196220$57,6204.34
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011160$59,1700.77
Paramedics 29-204360$47,2601.13
Parking Attendants 53-602160$31,1900.81
Parts Salespersons 41-2022200$36,3001.43
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305190$53,5401.08
Personal Financial Advisors 13-205230$69,4300.24
Pharmacists 29-1051160$134,9800.97
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052310$37,2101.25
Phlebotomists 31-909780$37,9601.02
Photographers 27-402130$42,5401.24
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-2021130$62,7402.25
Physical Therapists 29-1123220$91,5901.56
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229110$407,5700.61
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152160$64,2600.65
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051360$60,5501.02
Postal Service Clerks 43-505140$63,6700.90
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052210$55,9301.23
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 25-1199170$83,2202.15
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011360$28,0401.44
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials 51-602150$27,7903.44
Printing Press Operators 51-511290$45,1001.13
Procurement Clerks 43-306150$43,2401.80
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) 27-201240$48,7900.59
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061320$48,8601.57
Project Management Specialists 13-1082350$81,3000.62
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141100$52,7900.64
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031100$52,5800.69
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-503160$40,8401.02
Purchasing Managers 11-306170$118,4001.48
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034120$76,0800.95
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-902240$38,7600.40
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171390$31,7500.81
Recreation Workers 39-9032230$29,1801.32
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-708170$36,8100.86
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,870$79,1201.05
Residential Advisors 39-904180$32,6501.70
Respiratory Therapists 29-112690$68,4901.28
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,720$28,4301.32
Roofers 47-218150$48,6800.74
Sales Managers 11-2022270$126,4600.79
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091340$48,7300.50
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012700$59,1201.07
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401180$95,5500.51
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031560$61,5201.00
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014780$40,1800.87
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031190$47,6700.74
Security Guards 33-9032390$34,7200.57
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-302150$43,8300.27
Sewing Machine Operators 51-603150$32,2300.88
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221170$48,6101.07
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071850$36,3901.96
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305380$31,4800.61
Skincare Specialists 39-509440$39,0900.95
Social Science Research Assistants 19-4061100$84,6806.05
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915190$63,4900.77
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093230$37,3600.98
Software Developers 15-1252200$100,6500.23
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052130$61,5000.98
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205740$60,3500.76
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205890$60,2001.07
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-1127140$82,8701.41
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,660$34,7301.11
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018370$57,7201.41
Surgical Technologists 29-205560$58,7700.99
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-303190$42,8802.91
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) 17-102260$65,9602.07
Tax Preparers 13-208230$37,0100.85
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-3099120$31,5002.00
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045680$31,5300.91
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202270$59,0100.88
Tellers 43-3071210$36,1901.23
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309390$35,4301.49
Tool and Die Makers 51-4111180$69,7905.83
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) 39-7010100$40,3303.46
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151170$59,0500.69
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307180$97,1600.70
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers 39-303150$22,1400.76
Veterinarians 29-113140$97,2600.90
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909670$31,0501.03
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205660$35,9600.85
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,250$28,8101.04
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-803160$45,6500.94
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511150$45,4401.80
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121400$53,6301.83