How much do Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators make in Bowling Green, KY?

Percentile spread

For Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators, the published 10th percentile is $38,590 and the 90th percentile is $61,590. The difference is $23,000, which is 40.8% 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 $49,080 to the 75th at $59,830, covers $10,750.

The mean annual wage is $53,970, which sits below the median of $56,390. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bowling Green, KY median is 11.2% higher than the national median of $50,690 for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $62,531, which is 23.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.7% higher than the Kentucky median of $49,180.

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 $56,390 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators at $62,531 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

20 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators. Bowling Green, KY ranks 4th of 21 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 $45,900 and employment of 120. That median is 18.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,678, against $62,531 here.
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 68 miles away, with a median of $53,660 and employment of 410. That median is 4.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,700, against $62,531 here.
• Clarksville, TN-KY is 72 miles away, with a median of $48,660 and employment of 60. That median is 13.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,504, against $62,531 here.

Employment share

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators accounts for 0.19% of wage-and-salary employment in Bowling Green, KY (160 of 82,160). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (169,450 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.79 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.