How much do Fast Food and Counter Workers make in Bowling Green, KY?

Percentile spread

For Fast Food and Counter Workers, the published 10th percentile is $21,830 and the 90th percentile is $33,770. The difference is $11,940, which is 43.2% 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 $23,530 to the 75th at $29,820, covers $6,290.

The mean annual wage is $27,140, which sits below the median of $27,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bowling Green, KY median is 11.4% lower than the national median of $31,200 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $30,661, which is 1.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.9% higher than the Kentucky median of $27,130.

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 $27,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Fast Food and Counter Workers at $30,661 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 Fast Food and Counter Workers. Bowling Green, KY ranks 11th 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 $27,260 and employment of 1,330. That median is 1.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,098, against $30,661 here.
• Owensboro, KY is 59 miles away, with a median of $26,750 and employment of 1,080. That median is 3.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,188, against $30,661 here.
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 68 miles away, with a median of $29,150 and employment of 28,680. That median is 5.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,258, against $30,661 here.

Employment share

Fast Food and Counter Workers accounts for 3.1% of wage-and-salary employment in Bowling Green, KY (2,540 of 82,160). Nationally the occupation is 2.5% of employment (3,854,050 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.25 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.