How much do Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks make in Bowling Green, KY?

Percentile spread

For Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $29,910 and the 90th percentile is $63,600. The difference is $33,690, which is 76.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $36,840 to the 75th at $52,920, covers $16,080.

The mean annual wage is $46,300, which sits above the median of $44,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bowling Green, KY median is 12.8% lower than the national median of $50,670 for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,969, which is 3.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.1% lower than the Kentucky median of $46,550.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bowling Green, KY is 90.179, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $44,160 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks at $48,969 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

23 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Bowling Green, KY ranks 20th of 24 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Elizabethtown, KY is 50 miles away, with a median of $43,830 and employment of 560. That median is 0.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,392, against $48,969 here.
• Owensboro, KY is 59 miles away, with a median of $46,430 and employment of 560. That median is 5.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,398, against $48,969 here.
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 68 miles away, with a median of $50,810 and employment of 13,790. That median is 15.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,741, against $48,969 here.

Employment share

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks accounts for 1.1% of wage-and-salary employment in Bowling Green, KY (900 of 82,160). Nationally the occupation is 0.88% of employment (1,373,680 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.24 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.