SOC 53-3031 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025
How much do Driver/Sales Workers make in Bowling Green, KY?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Driver/Sales Workers in Bowling Green, KY is $30,320. The 10th percentile is $19,060 and the 90th percentile is $56,870. Employment is 280.
Median annual wage
$30,320
- 10th percentile
- $19,060
- 25th percentile
- $20,940
- Median
- $30,320
- 75th percentile
- $44,640
- 90th percentile
- $56,870
- Mean
- $35,210
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Driver/Sales Workers, the published 10th percentile is $19,060 and the 90th percentile is $56,870. The difference is $37,810, which is 124.7% 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 $20,940 to the 75th at $44,640, covers $23,700.
The mean annual wage is $35,210, which sits above the median of $30,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Bowling Green, KY median is 21.8% lower than the national median of $38,770 for Driver/Sales Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $33,622, which is 13.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 18.1% lower than the Kentucky median of $37,030.
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 $30,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Driver/Sales Workers at $33,622 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 Driver/Sales Workers. Bowling Green, KY ranks 22nd 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 $31,210 and employment of 160. That median is 2.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,459, against $33,622 here.
- Owensboro, KY is 59 miles away, with a median of $30,380 and employment of 150. That median is 0.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,285, against $33,622 here.
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 68 miles away, with a median of $43,190 and employment of 3,450. That median is 42.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,832, against $33,622 here.
Employment share
Driver/Sales Workers accounts for 0.34% of wage-and-salary employment in Bowling Green, KY (280 of 82,160). Nationally the occupation is 0.26% of employment (409,180 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.30 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Bowling Green, KY · Driver/Sales Workers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Driver/Sales Workers make in Bowling Green, KY?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Driver/Sales Workers in Bowling Green, KY is $30,320. The 10th percentile is $19,060 and the 90th percentile is $56,870. Employment is 280.
How does that compare with the national median for Driver/Sales Workers?
The local median is 21.8% lower than the national median of $38,770.
What is Driver/Sales Workers pay in Bowling Green, KY after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bowling Green, KY is 90.179, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $30,320 is $33,622. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Bowling Green, KY compare with nearby metros for Driver/Sales Workers?
Elizabethtown, KY is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 50 miles away, at $31,210. Bowling Green, KY ranks 22nd of 24 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.