High paying management jobs in Bowling Green, KY

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bowling Green, KY. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Bowling Green, KY run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Bowling Green, KY salary is worth about 1.11× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Bowling Green, KY · Employed

1Chief Executives$164,080
Bachelor's degree
$63,540 – $530,01080
2Architectural and Engineering Managers$132,540
Bachelor's degree
$110,910 – $195,12050
3Education Administrators, Postsecondary$131,880
Master's degree
$69,120 – $247,16050
4Computer and Information Systems Managers$126,940
Bachelor's degree
$81,410 – $190,42090
5Sales Managers$126,460
Bachelor's degree
$63,020 – $225,550270
6Industrial Production Managers$125,170
Bachelor's degree
$78,000 – $196,670390
7Financial Managers$119,110
Bachelor's degree
$80,520 – $209,670270
8Human Resources Managers$118,420
Bachelor's degree
$72,750 – $173,69080
9Purchasing Managers$118,400
Bachelor's degree
$67,780 – $174,21070
10Administrative Services Managers$114,990
Bachelor's degree
$63,630 – $165,400110
11Facilities Managers$112,770
Bachelor's degree
$70,040 – $146,47050
12Marketing Managers$107,440
Bachelor's degree
$68,230 – $195,97080
13Construction Managers$101,400
Bachelor's degree
$52,920 – $203,660140
14Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$100,700
Master's degree
$81,470 – $104,630170
15Managers, All Other$97,720
Bachelor's degree
$42,790 – $173,88050
16Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$97,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,140 – $163,22080
17Medical and Health Services Managers$94,090
Bachelor's degree
$59,330 – $157,100290
18General and Operations Managers$71,170
Bachelor's degree
$37,910 – $158,4202,010
19Food Service Managers$66,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,740 – $112,57070
20Social and Community Service Managers$63,490
Bachelor's degree
$46,640 – $109,50090
21Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$52,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,170 – $74,850100
22Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$37,000
Bachelor's degree
$31,200 – $60,40050

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianBowling Green, KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$164,080	$63,540 – $530,010	80
2	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$132,540	$110,910 – $195,120	50
3	Education Administrators, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$131,880	$69,120 – $247,160	50
4	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$126,940	$81,410 – $190,420	90
5	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$126,460	$63,020 – $225,550	270
6	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$125,170	$78,000 – $196,670	390
7	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$119,110	$80,520 – $209,670	270
8	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$118,420	$72,750 – $173,690	80
9	Purchasing ManagersBachelor's degree	$118,400	$67,780 – $174,210	70
10	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$114,990	$63,630 – $165,400	110
11	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$112,770	$70,040 – $146,470	50
12	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$107,440	$68,230 – $195,970	80
13	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$101,400	$52,920 – $203,660	140
14	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$100,700	$81,470 – $104,630	170
15	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$97,720	$42,790 – $173,880	50
16	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,160	$56,140 – $163,220	80
17	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$94,090	$59,330 – $157,100	290
18	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$71,170	$37,910 – $158,420	2,010
19	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,380	$28,740 – $112,570	70
20	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$63,490	$46,640 – $109,500	90
21	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,790	$31,170 – $74,850	100
22	Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareBachelor's degree	$37,000	$31,200 – $60,400	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bowling Green, KY. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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