High paying management jobs in Owensboro, KY

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Owensboro, 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 Owensboro, KY run 11.4% below the national average (2024), so a Owensboro, KY salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Owensboro, KY · Employed

1Chief Executives$171,540
Bachelor's degree
$62,140 – $552,99050
2Computer and Information Systems Managers$138,480
Bachelor's degree
$90,680 – $207,26040
3Human Resources Managers$132,760
Bachelor's degree
$100,120 – $211,48030
4Architectural and Engineering Managers$129,430
Bachelor's degree
$104,490 – $166,33050
5Managers, All Other$127,170
Bachelor's degree
$45,730 – $210,89040
6Marketing Managers$124,040
Bachelor's degree
$72,500 – $239,99030
7Administrative Services Managers$121,020
Bachelor's degree
$56,460 – $191,21060
8Sales Managers$119,320
Bachelor's degree
$63,480 – $202,780140
9Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$110,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,830 – $186,40040
10Industrial Production Managers$109,400
Bachelor's degree
$74,170 – $191,700140
11Financial Managers$107,190
Bachelor's degree
$77,220 – $177,980180
12Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$105,090
Master's degree
$82,510 – $126,880110
13Medical and Health Services Managers$104,370
Bachelor's degree
$58,260 – $170,900150
14Facilities Managers$102,180
Bachelor's degree
$62,710 – $186,28030
15Construction Managers$91,550
Bachelor's degree
$49,510 – $168,00080
16General and Operations Managers$73,460
Bachelor's degree
$39,110 – $160,9901,200
17Food Service Managers$70,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,110 – $83,30040
18Social and Community Service Managers$64,990
Bachelor's degree
$49,580 – $97,11060
19Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$52,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,730 – $110,14060

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

#	Occupation	MedianOwensboro, KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$171,540	$62,140 – $552,990	50
2	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$138,480	$90,680 – $207,260	40
3	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$132,760	$100,120 – $211,480	30
4	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$129,430	$104,490 – $166,330	50
5	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$127,170	$45,730 – $210,890	40
6	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$124,040	$72,500 – $239,990	30
7	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$121,020	$56,460 – $191,210	60
8	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$119,320	$63,480 – $202,780	140
9	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$110,320	$60,830 – $186,400	40
10	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$109,400	$74,170 – $191,700	140
11	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$107,190	$77,220 – $177,980	180
12	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$105,090	$82,510 – $126,880	110
13	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$104,370	$58,260 – $170,900	150
14	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$102,180	$62,710 – $186,280	30
15	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$91,550	$49,510 – $168,000	80
16	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$73,460	$39,110 – $160,990	1,200
17	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,200	$56,110 – $83,300	40
18	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$64,990	$49,580 – $97,110	60
19	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,280	$35,730 – $110,140	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Owensboro, 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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