Bowling Green Employment

Employment and Industries in the Bowling Green, Kentucky Area

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Most Popular Jobs in Bowling Green, Kentucky Metro Area (2006 data)

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	510	46,520	$25,520 - 77,460	8%	51%
2	Accountants and auditors	360	54,150	$34,720 - 81,680	18%	79%
3	Teachers and instructors, all other	250	23,820	$19,190 - 28,590	9%	54%
4	Financial managers	220	75,610	$30,240 - 120,880	13%	60%
5	Chief executives	150	131,710	$64,700 - 0	2%	65%
6	Industrial engineers	150	63,940	$45,450 - 87,950	20%	74%
7	Social and human service assistants	130	25,720	$16,790 - 37,460	34%	58%
8	Sales managers	130	96,750	$39,940 - 0	10%	69%
9	Lawyers	110	105,110	$53,110 - 0	11%	99%
10	Public relations specialists	110	35,990	$17,540 - 52,810	18%	81%
11	Computer and information systems managers	90	68,950	$51,840 - 91,950	16%	73%
12	Graphic designers	80	32,020	$17,090 - 50,810	10%	55%
13	Pharmacists	80	91,630	$75,470 - 115,410	22%	97%
14	Librarians	80	44,290	$29,040 - 59,000	4%	85%
15	Management analysts	80	78,060	$48,790 - 121,500	22%	78%
16	Rehabilitation counselors	80	27,140	$16,600 - 40,660	23%	73%
17	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	80	40,380	$26,370 - 56,540	13%	73%
18	Engineering managers	70	84,210	$57,510 - 127,260	7%	84%
19	Network systems and data communications analysts	70	54,130	$26,760 - 99,370	53%	57%
20	Medical and health services managers	70	66,150	$51,590 - 91,360	16%	57%
21	Network and computer systems administrators	60	42,640	$17,790 - 65,670	27%	50%
22	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	60	45,180	$27,980 - 61,290	17%	56%
23	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	60	41,840	$31,520 - 55,200	5%	58%
24	Mechanical engineers	60	70,820	$51,700 - 102,240	4%	78%
25	Computer software engineers, applications	60	63,050	$44,020 - 80,580	45%	85%
26	Social and community service managers	50	44,500	$29,550 - 70,020	25%	72%
27	Training and development specialists	50	45,600	$24,830 - 70,420	18%	56%
28	Managers, all other	50	60,340	$30,700 - 106,060	7%	55%
29	Computer software engineers, systems software	40	69,230	$53,700 - 82,390	28%	85%
30	Marketing managers	40	70,700	$34,240 - 128,930	14%	69%
31	Computer programmers	40	48,530	$34,970 - 64,130	0%	73%
32	Medical and public health social workers	40	36,020	$25,810 - 47,800	24%	77%
33	Computer specialists, all other	40	50,860	$33,410 - 74,240	15%	68%
34	Human resources managers, all other	40	70,750	$53,330 - 95,270	11%	58%
35	Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors	40	38,810	$16,830 - 63,450	14%	54%
36	Public relations managers	40	67,780	$47,310 - 94,940	17%	75%
37	Purchasing managers	30	69,350	$54,350 - 88,500	3%	57%
38	Electrical engineers	30	57,790	$42,650 - 85,380	6%	81%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Retail salespersons	2,510	19,340	$12,120 - 28,760	12%	25%
2	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,890	13,800	$11,520 - 17,430	18%	5%
3	Cashiers	1,390	16,150	$12,100 - 21,410	-2%	10%
4	Waiters and waitresses	1,200	14,380	$11,500 - 18,770	11%	14%
5	Team assemblers	1,010	29,620	$16,370 - 54,300	0%	5%
6	Customer service representatives	990	23,760	$15,470 - 36,960	25%	22%
7	Stock clerks and order fillers	970	20,070	$12,420 - 30,770	-7%	8%
8	Office clerks, general	920	21,650	$13,210 - 30,280	13%	19%
9	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	910	33,210	$22,500 - 46,850	10%	4%
10	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	820	22,760	$13,240 - 34,470	2%	5%
11	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	710	26,510	$17,410 - 38,010	13%	16%
12	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	700	21,450	$13,230 - 38,400	15%	4%
13	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	700	19,020	$14,770 - 24,500	18%	7%
14	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	680	29,970	$18,640 - 44,600	4%	25%
15	Teacher assistants	600	16,840	$12,070 - 22,910	10%	18%
16	General and operations managers	590	71,620	$37,610 - 117,810	2%	48%
17	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	580	33,740	$16,840 - 55,390	6%	29%
18	Maintenance and repair workers, general	560	29,800	$19,170 - 45,170	10%	6%
19	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	520	25,400	$16,400 - 41,810	8%	4%
20	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	510	23,250	$16,870 - 31,640	1%	18%
21	Packers and packagers, hand	510	18,900	$14,450 - 24,230	-11%	3%
22	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	500	31,040	$20,130 - 44,370	15%	18%
23	Receptionists and information clerks	480	19,000	$12,680 - 24,850	17%	13%
24	Helpers--production workers	480	27,090	$16,750 - 36,560	0%	4%
25	Construction laborers	470	25,980	$17,280 - 36,750	11%	5%
26	Cooks, restaurant	450	19,460	$14,380 - 25,020	12%	5%
27	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	450	24,260	$15,700 - 37,710	11%	14%
28	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	450	19,950	$15,410 - 25,310	18%	6%
29	Industrial truck and tractor operators	440	29,300	$20,640 - 39,970	-1%	2%
30	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	430	31,660	$26,230 - 38,560	14%	7%
31	Electricians	410	29,040	$15,280 - 63,650	7%	7%
32	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	370	26,610	$21,200 - 32,170	4%	15%
33	Driver/sales workers	370	22,100	$15,400 - 34,310	-4%	4%
34	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	370	30,510	$18,640 - 45,020	-6%	14%
35	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	370	46,650	$24,170 - 74,860	-4%	15%
36	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	360	16,160	$12,150 - 21,120	13%	5%
37	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	360	44,260	$29,870 - 58,850	9%	10%
38	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	320	19,720	$15,290 - 24,230	11%	5%
39	Personal and home care aides	310	13,600	$11,670 - 17,140	51%	10%
40	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	310	36,210	$26,750 - 46,140	8%	3%
41	Carpenters	300	33,160	$24,340 - 42,250	10%	6%
42	Industrial machinery mechanics	300	44,070	$30,830 - 66,450	9%	5%
43	Food preparation workers	270	18,810	$13,110 - 26,860	15%	7%
44	Tellers	260	21,250	$16,470 - 28,370	14%	16%
45	Child care workers	250	14,770	$11,780 - 17,900	18%	15%
46	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	240	25,830	$14,840 - 36,990	4%	6%
47	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	240	32,150	$17,560 - 47,100	14%	4%
48	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	230	27,550	$14,260 - 38,230	-14%	0%
49	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	220	37,620	$28,120 - 49,850	11%	33%
50	Medical assistants	220	21,320	$16,950 - 25,280	35%	10%
51	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	210	45,480	$25,230 - 70,650	7%	13%
52	Business operations specialists, all other	210	42,260	$19,460 - 75,570	21%	49%
53	Dishwashers	200	15,820	$12,060 - 19,690	10%	3%
54	Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	190	20,710	$15,720 - 28,080	10%	24%
55	Parts salespersons	190	22,640	$13,920 - 31,590	-1%	6%
56	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	190	15,170	$11,840 - 18,360	10%	17%
57	Loan officers	180	49,360	$24,680 - 77,290	12%	49%
58	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	180	19,130	$12,870 - 26,940	12%	6%
59	Counter and rental clerks	150	15,140	$11,600 - 21,550	23%	16%
60	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	150	15,350	$11,920 - 18,290	12%	6%
61	Printing machine operators	140	31,180	$18,400 - 44,250	-5%	6%
62	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	140	16,350	$12,930 - 20,660	10%	5%
63	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	140	31,170	$20,060 - 44,230	9%	3%
64	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	140	27,110	$15,840 - 37,840	-12%	4%
65	Painters, construction and maintenance	130	27,330	$20,310 - 37,520	12%	6%
66	Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	130	20,130	$16,000 - 27,500	6%	0%
67	Paralegals and legal assistants	130	32,590	$25,310 - 39,880	22%	45%
68	Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	130	27,730	$15,660 - 42,610	-4%	4%
69	Bill and account collectors	130	27,330	$13,520 - 42,530	23%	13%
70	Pharmacy technicians	130	22,520	$16,350 - 29,980	32%	16%
71	Postal service mail carriers	120	44,030	$33,760 - 57,350	1%	11%
72	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	120	15,090	$11,820 - 19,160	14%	3%
73	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	120	44,120	$21,010 - 65,860	4%	38%
74	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	120	16,600	$12,510 - 21,560	17%	14%
75	Bartenders	120	14,910	$11,570 - 20,170	11%	17%
76	All other information and record clerks	110	28,000	$16,970 - 41,690	-12%	21%
77	Sales representatives, services, all other	110	43,010	$18,150 - 100,360	28%	48%
78	Machinists	110	30,870	$20,330 - 42,220	-2%	3%
79	Food service managers	100	38,010	$29,190 - 48,410	5%	24%
80	Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	100	28,820	$20,340 - 37,820	11%	29%
81	Computer support specialists	90	35,110	$21,710 - 47,840	13%	43%
82	Cardiovascular technologists and technicians	90	34,690	$20,680 - 49,120	26%	25%
83	Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	90	41,530	$23,870 - 49,630	-7%	12%
84	Sheet metal workers	90	29,630	$20,580 - 42,900	7%	4%
85	Dental assistants	90	25,120	$18,950 - 34,040	29%	9%
86	First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	90	32,380	$23,440 - 51,660	18%	15%
87	Tool and die makers	90	40,820	$29,820 - 62,090	-9%	5%
88	Order clerks	90	23,010	$14,150 - 39,580	-23%	16%
89	First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers	80	29,160	$14,830 - 49,380	16%	26%
90	Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	80	40,900	$22,860 - 68,130	0%	36%
91	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	80	35,070	$26,290 - 49,140	13%	17%
92	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	80	43,690	$26,990 - 59,860	4%	30%
93	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	80	37,040	$22,470 - 66,580	12%	3%
94	Industrial production managers	80	70,280	$37,040 - 97,760	-5%	43%
95	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	80	45,920	$25,170 - 68,030	0%	42%
96	Switchboard operators, including answering service	80	19,350	$15,030 - 24,500	-7%	10%
97	Tour guides and escorts	70	25,040	$13,980 - 31,520	21%	29%
98	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	70	28,380	$17,700 - 38,720	13%	11%
99	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	70	29,130	$17,470 - 41,490	3%	18%
100	Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	70	54,460	$34,330 - 77,870	9%	47%

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Jobs More Common Near Bowling Green Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	20,130	130	6.9
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	27,110	140	5.2
Industrial machinery mechanics	44,070	300	4.3
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	27,730	130	3.4
Helpers--production workers	27,090	480	3.1
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	19,720	320	3.1
Driver/sales workers	22,100	370	2.9
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	27,550	230	2.9
Team assemblers	29,620	1,010	2.8
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	20,710	190	2.8
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	36,210	310	2.7
Parts salespersons	22,640	190	2.6
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	30,510	370	2.5
Industrial engineers	63,940	150	2.5
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	13,800	1,890	2.4
Printing machine operators	31,180	140	2.2
Industrial truck and tractor operators	29,300	440	2.2
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	26,610	370	2.1
Packers and packagers, hand	18,900	510	2
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	16,350	140	2
Electricians	29,040	410	2
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	31,660	430	1.9
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	16,600	120	1.9
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	44,260	360	1.9
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	29,970	680	1.9
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	28,820	100	1.8
Personal and home care aides	13,600	310	1.8
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	33,210	910	1.8
Teachers and instructors, all other	23,820	250	1.8
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	24,260	450	1.8
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	46,650	370	1.8
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	31,170	140	1.7
Cooks, restaurant	19,460	450	1.7
Retail salespersons	19,340	2,510	1.7
Stock clerks and order fillers	20,070	970	1.7
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	19,020	700	1.7
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	25,400	520	1.6
Teacher assistants	16,840	600	1.6
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	15,170	190	1.6
Paralegals and legal assistants	32,590	130	1.6
Food service managers	38,010	100	1.6
Waiters and waitresses	14,380	1,200	1.6
Medical assistants	21,320	220	1.5
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	19,130	180	1.5
Chief executives	131,710	150	1.5
Public relations specialists	35,990	110	1.5
Loan officers	49,360	180	1.5
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	19,950	450	1.4
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	45,480	210	1.4
All other information and record clerks	28,000	110	1.4

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Helpers--production workers	27,090	1.21	480
Team assemblers	29,620	1.16	1,010
Lawyers	105,110	1.09	110
Sales managers	96,750	1.06	130
Industrial machinery mechanics	44,070	1.05	300
Food preparation workers	18,810	1.05	270
Industrial truck and tractor operators	29,300	1.03	440
Dishwashers	15,820	1.01	200
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	21,450	1.01	700
Postal service mail carriers	44,030	1.01	120
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	22,760	1.01	820
Packers and packagers, hand	18,900	0.99	510
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	27,550	0.99	230
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	15,350	0.99	150
Printing machine operators	31,180	0.99	140
Accountants and auditors	54,150	0.98	360
Social and human service assistants	25,720	0.97	130
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	25,830	0.97	240
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	25,400	0.96	520
Cooks, restaurant	19,460	0.96	450
Chief executives	131,710	0.96	150
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	27,110	0.96	140
Tellers	21,250	0.95	260
Industrial engineers	63,940	0.95	150
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	26,610	0.94	370
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	33,210	0.94	910
Bill and account collectors	27,330	0.94	130
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	30,510	0.94	370
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	15,170	0.94	190
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	46,650	0.93	370
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	32,150	0.93	240
Cashiers	16,150	0.92	1,390
Maintenance and repair workers, general	29,800	0.92	560
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	16,160	0.91	360
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	27,730	0.91	130
Stock clerks and order fillers	20,070	0.91	970
Office clerks, general	21,650	0.91	920
All other information and record clerks	28,000	0.91	110
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	36,210	0.91	310
Carpenters	33,160	0.91	300
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	19,720	0.9	320
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	16,600	0.9	120
Construction laborers	25,980	0.9	470
Driver/sales workers	22,100	0.9	370
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	19,950	0.89	450
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	26,510	0.88	710
Financial managers	75,610	0.88	220
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	13,800	0.88	1,890
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	16,350	0.88	140
Waiters and waitresses	14,380	0.87	1,200

Highest Paying Jobs in Bowling Green, Kentucky Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Chief executives	131,710	150
Lawyers	105,110	110
Sales managers	96,750	130
Pharmacists	91,630	80
Engineering managers	84,210	70
Occupational therapists	81,590
Management analysts	78,060	80
Financial managers	75,610	220
Appraisers and assessors of real estate	72,950
General and operations managers	71,620	590
Physical therapists	71,380
Mechanical engineers	70,820	60
Human resources managers, all other	70,750	40
Marketing managers	70,700	40
Industrial production managers	70,280	80
Purchasing managers	69,350	30
Computer software engineers, systems software	69,230	40
Computer and information systems managers	68,950	90
Computer systems analysts	68,000
Public relations managers	67,780	40
Medical and health services managers	66,150	70
Industrial engineers	63,940	150
Computer software engineers, applications	63,050	60
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	61,390	40
Administrative services managers	60,620	60
Managers, all other	60,340	50
Construction managers	60,180	60
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	59,960
Electrical engineers	57,790	30
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	54,460	70
Accountants and auditors	54,150	360
Network systems and data communications analysts	54,130	70
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	53,390
Computer specialists, all other	50,860	40
Loan officers	49,360	180
Computer programmers	48,530	40
Dental hygienists	48,240	60
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers	46,810	30
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	46,650	370
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	46,520	510
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	45,920	80
Training and development specialists	45,600	50
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	45,480	210
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	45,180	60
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	44,960
Social and community service managers	44,500	50
Librarians	44,290	80
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	44,260	360
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	44,120	120
Industrial machinery mechanics	44,070	300

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