How much do Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders make in Owensboro, KY?

Percentile spread

For Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $42,320 and the 90th percentile is $64,300. The difference is $21,980, which is 35.9% 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 $50,690 to the 75th at $61,250, covers $10,560.

The mean annual wage is $56,140, which sits below the median of $61,250. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Owensboro, KY median is 41.7% higher than the national median of $43,220 for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $69,123, which is 59.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 34.8% higher than the Kentucky median of $45,450.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Owensboro, KY is 88.610, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,250 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders at $69,123 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders. Owensboro, KY ranks 1st of 19 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).).

• Evansville, IN is 36 miles away, with a median of $45,100 and employment of 1,070. That median is 26.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,275, against $69,123 here.
• Bowling Green, KY is 59 miles away, with a median of $46,330 and employment of 480. That median is 24.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,376, against $69,123 here.
• Elizabethtown, KY is 69 miles away, with a median of $38,950 and employment of 30. That median is 36.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,004, against $69,123 here.

Employment share

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders accounts for 2.0% of wage-and-salary employment in Owensboro, KY (980 of 49,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.24% of employment (379,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 8.13 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.