SOC 41-1011 · Sales and Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Retail 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 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Bowling Green, KY is $37,930. The 10th percentile is $27,920 and the 90th percentile is $66,440. Employment is 850.

Median annual wage

$37,930

10th percentile
$27,920
25th percentile
$29,940
Median
$37,930
75th percentile
$51,630
90th percentile
$66,440
Mean
$43,770

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, the published 10th percentile is $27,920 and the 90th percentile is $66,440. The difference is $38,520, which is 101.6% 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 $29,940 to the 75th at $51,630, covers $21,690.

The mean annual wage is $43,770, which sits above the median of $37,930. 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 $48,520 for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,061, 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 5.4% lower than the Kentucky median of $40,080.

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 $37,930 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers at $42,061 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 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers. Bowling Green, KY ranks 23rd 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 $38,850 and employment of 560. That median is 2.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,894, against $42,061 here.
  • Owensboro, KY is 59 miles away, with a median of $42,450 and employment of 500. That median is 11.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,907, against $42,061 here.
  • Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 68 miles away, with a median of $51,990 and employment of 7,860. That median is 37.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,966, against $42,061 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers accounts for 1.0% of wage-and-salary employment in Bowling Green, KY (850 of 82,160). Nationally the occupation is 0.72% of employment (1,121,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.43 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers make in Bowling Green, KY?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Bowling Green, KY is $37,930. The 10th percentile is $27,920 and the 90th percentile is $66,440. Employment is 850.

How does that compare with the national median for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers?

The local median is 21.8% lower than the national median of $48,520.

What is First-Line Supervisors of Retail 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 $37,930 is $42,061. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Bowling Green, KY compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers?

Elizabethtown, KY is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 50 miles away, at $38,850. Bowling Green, KY ranks 23rd of 24 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.