High paying sales jobs in Bowling Green, KY

Every sales 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 sales 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

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$95,550
Bachelor's degree
$47,490 – $158,72080
2First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$70,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,780 – $111,02070
3Insurance Sales Agents$60,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,360 – $125,210260
4Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$59,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,800 – $126,730700
5Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$48,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,930 – $99,500340
6Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$47,670
Bachelor's degree
$40,500 – $94,110190
7Real Estate Sales Agents$38,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,700 – $72,40040
8Advertising Sales Agents$38,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,980 – $63,11030
9First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$37,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,920 – $66,440850
10Counter and Rental Clerks$37,350
No formal educational credential
$24,130 – $50,420150
11Parts Salespersons$36,300
No formal educational credential
$26,260 – $55,340200
12Cashiers$28,540
No formal educational credential
$21,900 – $34,9401,670
13Retail Salespersons$28,430
No formal educational credential
$21,910 – $37,6702,720

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	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$95,550	$47,490 – $158,720	80
2	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,140	$50,780 – $111,020	70
3	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,400	$29,360 – $125,210	260
4	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,120	$32,800 – $126,730	700
5	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,730	$30,930 – $99,500	340
6	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$47,670	$40,500 – $94,110	190
7	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,760	$28,700 – $72,400	40
8	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,490	$21,980 – $63,110	30
9	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,930	$27,920 – $66,440	850
10	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$37,350	$24,130 – $50,420	150
11	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$36,300	$26,260 – $55,340	200
12	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$28,540	$21,900 – $34,940	1,670
13	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$28,430	$21,910 – $37,670	2,720

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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