General and Operations Managers Salary — Bowling Green, Kentucky

The average General and Operations Managers in Bowling Green, Kentucky earns $89,030 a year.

$89,030 / year, mean
↓ 35.4% below national average 17th percentile in Kentucky

Bowling Green pays below most of Kentucky for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's well below the national average for general and operations managers — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Kentucky

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
2,010
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.6%
Cost of living 90 #161 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1461 #33 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $267,047 #125 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $62,437 #157 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Bowling Green ranks #161 for cost of living and #125 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Trenton $216,150 San Jose $190,310 New York $189,200 San Francisco $177,240 Seattle $169,740 Atlantic City $161,150 Midland $159,420 Los Angeles $157,110 Vineland $156,570 Kennewick $150,810 Bellingham $150,120 Portland $147,110 Austin $146,480 Houston $146,320 Indianapolis $145,860 Philadelphia $145,650 Mount Vernon $145,510 Bremerton $144,800 San Diego $144,610 Elkhart $144,590 Chicago $143,740 Longview $143,530 Spokane $143,410 Napa $140,150 Dallas $139,120 Vallejo $138,620 Albany $137,120 Sacramento $136,750 Yakima $136,100 Santa Maria $135,590 Wenatchee $135,090 Columbus $135,040 Fort Wayne $134,920 Richmond $134,880 Olympia $134,870 Santa Rosa $134,810 Baltimore $134,760 Syracuse $133,830 Ann Arbor $133,580 Detroit $133,060 Salem $132,740 South Bend $131,560 Miami $131,240 Rochester $131,020 Dover $130,910 Buffalo $130,840 Oxnard $130,760 Naples $130,490 Salinas $130,360 Tampa $130,340 Bloomington $130,000 Palm Bay $129,860 Bakersfield $129,730 Charlottesville $129,610 Lansing $129,610 Kiryas Joel $129,200 Stockton $128,460 Evansville $127,870 Modesto $127,830 Ithaca $127,580 Santa Cruz $127,390 Lexington Park $127,340 Fresno $126,940 Hanford $126,840 Odessa $126,790 Jacksonville $126,740 Allentown $126,550 Riverside $126,430 Orlando $126,060 San Luis Obispo $125,390 Lafayette $125,340 Harrisburg $124,580 Grand Rapids $124,180 San Antonio $123,620 Walla Walla $123,020 Kingston $122,990 El Centro $122,940 Muncie $122,550 Corvallis $122,450 Midland $122,260 Pittsburgh $122,110 Crestview $122,080 Binghamton $121,620 Kalamazoo $121,560 Yuba City $121,290 Elmira $120,760 Utica $120,740 Bloomington $120,560 Decatur $120,130 Reading $119,980 Glens Falls $119,700 Peoria $119,290 Redding $119,290 Beaumont $119,110 Roanoke $118,940 Rockford $118,610 Springfield $118,450 Sarasota $118,270 Winchester $118,250 Fort Myers $118,060 Lancaster $118,060 York $117,970 Champaign $117,930 Virginia Beach $117,850 Visalia $117,590 Chico $117,540 Waco $117,310 Eugene $117,190 Kokomo $117,180 Michigan City $116,990 Pensacola $116,940 Tallahassee $116,940 Bend $116,680 Lakeland $116,490 Merced $116,260 Wildwood $115,890 Kankakee $115,670 Corpus Christi $115,470 Deltona $115,350 Port St. Lucie $115,010 Gainesville $114,530 Blacksburg $114,390 Medford $114,260 Battle Creek $114,200 Sebastian $113,670 Abilene $113,630 Lynchburg $113,240 Harrisonburg $112,800 Sherman $112,770 Albany $112,150 Salisbury $111,980 Monroe $111,640 Terre Haute $111,560 Staunton $111,270 Longview $110,940 Louisville $110,700 Punta Gorda $110,570 Panama City $110,560 Jackson $110,550 Scranton $110,360 Watertown $110,330 Amarillo $110,070 Hagerstown $109,550 College Station $109,460 Muskegon $109,190 Flint $109,060 Tyler $109,000 Killeen $108,890 Niles $108,150 Williamsport $108,010 Saginaw $107,960 Grants Pass $107,920 Ocala $107,800 State College $107,270 Lubbock $107,050 Chambersburg $106,720 Lebanon $106,480 Traverse City $106,470 Gettysburg $106,250 Erie $105,670 Victoria $105,350 Morgantown $104,370 Bay City $103,870 Altoona $102,600 Lexington $102,360 San Angelo $101,310 El Paso $100,760 Charleston $100,450 Sebring $100,320 Parkersburg $99,830 Weirton $99,330 Wichita Falls $99,320 Johnstown $99,110 Beckley $98,720 Wheeling $98,630 Laredo $98,260 Texarkana $98,140 Huntington $96,730 Brownsville $96,620 Homosassa Springs $96,620 Paducah $96,030 McAllen $95,420 Eagle Pass $94,260 Elizabethtown $93,720 Owensboro $90,350 Bowling Green $89,030
CityMean salaryvs. Bowling Green
Abilene, Texas$113,630+27.6%
Albany, Oregon$112,150+26.0%
Albany, New York$137,120+54.0%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$126,550+42.1%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$102,600+15.2%
Amarillo, Texas$110,070+23.6%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$133,580+50.0%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$161,150+81.0%
Austin, Texas$146,480+64.5%
Bakersfield, California$129,730+45.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$134,760+51.4%
Battle Creek, Michigan$114,200+28.3%
Bay City, Michigan$103,870+16.7%
Beaumont, Texas$119,110+33.8%
Beckley, West Virginia$98,720+10.9%
Bellingham, Washington$150,120+68.6%
Bend, Oregon$116,680+31.1%
Binghamton, New York$121,620+36.6%
Blacksburg, Virginia$114,390+28.5%
Bloomington, Illinois$120,560+35.4%
Bloomington, Indiana$130,000+46.0%
Bremerton, Washington$144,800+62.6%
Brownsville, Texas$96,620+8.5%
Buffalo, New York$130,840+47.0%
Fort Myers, Florida$118,060+32.6%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$106,720+19.9%
Champaign, Illinois$117,930+32.5%
Charleston, West Virginia$100,450+12.8%
Charlottesville, Virginia$129,610+45.6%
Chicago, Illinois$143,740+61.5%
Chico, California$117,540+32.0%
College Station, Texas$109,460+22.9%
Columbus, Indiana$135,040+51.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$115,470+29.7%
Corvallis, Oregon$122,450+37.5%
Crestview, Florida$122,080+37.1%
Dallas, Texas$139,120+56.3%
Decatur, Illinois$120,130+34.9%
Deltona, Florida$115,350+29.6%
Detroit, Michigan$133,060+49.5%
Dover, Delaware$130,910+47.0%
Eagle Pass, Texas$94,260+5.9%
El Centro, California$122,940+38.1%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$93,720+5.3%
Elkhart, Indiana$144,590+62.4%
Elmira, New York$120,760+35.6%
El Paso, Texas$100,760+13.2%
Erie, Pennsylvania$105,670+18.7%
Eugene, Oregon$117,190+31.6%
Evansville, Indiana$127,870+43.6%
Flint, Michigan$109,060+22.5%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$134,920+51.5%
Fresno, California$126,940+42.6%
Gainesville, Florida$114,530+28.6%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$106,250+19.3%
Glens Falls, New York$119,700+34.4%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$124,180+39.5%
Grants Pass, Oregon$107,920+21.2%
Hagerstown, Maryland$109,550+23.0%
Hanford, California$126,840+42.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$124,580+39.9%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$112,800+26.7%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$96,620+8.5%
Houston, Texas$146,320+64.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$96,730+8.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$145,860+63.8%
Ithaca, New York$127,580+43.3%
Jackson, Michigan$110,550+24.2%
Jacksonville, Florida$126,740+42.4%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$99,110+11.3%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$121,560+36.5%
Kankakee, Illinois$115,670+29.9%
Kennewick, Washington$150,810+69.4%
Killeen, Texas$108,890+22.3%
Kingston, New York$122,990+38.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$129,200+45.1%
Kokomo, Indiana$117,180+31.6%
Lafayette, Indiana$125,340+40.8%
Lakeland, Florida$116,490+30.8%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$118,060+32.6%
Lansing, Michigan$129,610+45.6%
Laredo, Texas$98,260+10.4%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$106,480+19.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$102,360+15.0%
Lexington Park, Maryland$127,340+43.0%
Longview, Texas$110,940+24.6%
Longview, Washington$143,530+61.2%
Los Angeles, California$157,110+76.5%
Louisville, Kentucky$110,700+24.3%
Lubbock, Texas$107,050+20.2%
Lynchburg, Virginia$113,240+27.2%
McAllen, Texas$95,420+7.2%
Medford, Oregon$114,260+28.3%
Merced, California$116,260+30.6%
Miami, Florida$131,240+47.4%
Michigan City, Indiana$116,990+31.4%
Midland, Michigan$122,260+37.3%
Midland, Texas$159,420+79.1%
Modesto, California$127,830+43.6%
Monroe, Michigan$111,640+25.4%
Morgantown, West Virginia$104,370+17.2%
Mount Vernon, Washington$145,510+63.4%
Muncie, Indiana$122,550+37.7%
Muskegon, Michigan$109,190+22.6%
Napa, California$140,150+57.4%
Naples, Florida$130,490+46.6%
New York, New York$189,200+112.5%
Niles, Michigan$108,150+21.5%
Sarasota, Florida$118,270+32.8%
Ocala, Florida$107,800+21.1%
Odessa, Texas$126,790+42.4%
Olympia, Washington$134,870+51.5%
Orlando, Florida$126,060+41.6%
Owensboro, Kentucky$90,350+1.5%
Oxnard, California$130,760+46.9%
Paducah, Kentucky$96,030+7.9%
Palm Bay, Florida$129,860+45.9%
Panama City, Florida$110,560+24.2%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$99,830+12.1%
Pensacola, Florida$116,940+31.3%
Peoria, Illinois$119,290+34.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$145,650+63.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$122,110+37.2%
Portland, Oregon$147,110+65.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$115,010+29.2%
Punta Gorda, Florida$110,570+24.2%
Reading, Pennsylvania$119,980+34.8%
Redding, California$119,290+34.0%
Richmond, Virginia$134,880+51.5%
Riverside, California$126,430+42.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$118,940+33.6%
Rochester, New York$131,020+47.2%
Rockford, Illinois$118,610+33.2%
Sacramento, California$136,750+53.6%
Saginaw, Michigan$107,960+21.3%
Salem, Oregon$132,740+49.1%
Salinas, California$130,360+46.4%
Salisbury, Maryland$111,980+25.8%
San Angelo, Texas$101,310+13.8%
San Antonio, Texas$123,620+38.9%
San Diego, California$144,610+62.4%
San Francisco, California$177,240+99.1%
San Jose, California$190,310+113.8%
San Luis Obispo, California$125,390+40.8%
Santa Cruz, California$127,390+43.1%
Santa Maria, California$135,590+52.3%
Santa Rosa, California$134,810+51.4%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$110,360+24.0%
Seattle, Washington$169,740+90.7%
Sebastian, Florida$113,670+27.7%
Sebring, Florida$100,320+12.7%
Sherman, Texas$112,770+26.7%
South Bend, Indiana$131,560+47.8%
Spokane, Washington$143,410+61.1%
Springfield, Illinois$118,450+33.0%
State College, Pennsylvania$107,270+20.5%
Staunton, Virginia$111,270+25.0%
Stockton, California$128,460+44.3%
Syracuse, New York$133,830+50.3%
Tallahassee, Florida$116,940+31.3%
Tampa, Florida$130,340+46.4%
Terre Haute, Indiana$111,560+25.3%
Texarkana, Texas$98,140+10.2%
Traverse City, Michigan$106,470+19.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$216,150+142.8%
Tyler, Texas$109,000+22.4%
Utica, New York$120,740+35.6%
Vallejo, California$138,620+55.7%
Victoria, Texas$105,350+18.3%
Vineland, New Jersey$156,570+75.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$117,850+32.4%
Visalia, California$117,590+32.1%
Waco, Texas$117,310+31.8%
Walla Walla, Washington$123,020+38.2%
Watertown, New York$110,330+23.9%
Weirton, West Virginia$99,330+11.6%
Wenatchee, Washington$135,090+51.7%
Wheeling, West Virginia$98,630+10.8%
Wichita Falls, Texas$99,320+11.6%
Wildwood, Florida$115,890+30.2%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$108,010+21.3%
Winchester, Virginia$118,250+32.8%
Yakima, Washington$136,100+52.9%
York, Pennsylvania$117,970+32.5%
Yuba City, California$121,290+36.2%
Gross salary
89,030/yr
Estimated take-home
66,684/yr
Est. total withheld
25.1%

Single filer, federal + Kentucky state tax + FICA, 2026 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 11-1021 SOC code
Official area Bowling Green, KY BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 14540 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ky_dor_verificado 2026
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
183,194