How much do Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary make in Bowling Green, KY?

Percentile spread

For Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $34,830 and the 90th percentile is $72,330. The difference is $37,500, which is 62.9% 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 $44,450 to the 75th at $62,890, covers $18,440.

The mean annual wage is $54,430, which sits below the median of $59,610. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bowling Green, KY median is 6.6% lower than the national median of $63,820 for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,102, which is 3.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.4% lower than the Kentucky median of $61,080.

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 $59,610 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary at $66,102 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Bowling Green, KY ranks 11th of 16 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).).

• Owensboro, KY is 59 miles away, with a median of $62,710 and employment of 50. That median is 5.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,771, against $66,102 here.
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 68 miles away, with a median of $64,700 and employment of 570. That median is 8.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,159, against $66,102 here.
• Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 90 miles away, with a median of $51,630 and employment of 180. That median is 13.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,472, against $66,102 here.

Employment share

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Bowling Green, KY (40 of 82,160). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (114,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.66 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.