Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment Salary — Owensboro, Kentucky

The average Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment in Owensboro, Kentucky earns $34,520 a year.

$34,520 / year, mean
↓ 6.9% below national average 67th percentile in Kentucky

Owensboro sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Kentucky — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for cleaners of vehicles and equipment — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Kentucky

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
140
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.2%
Cost of living 89 #172 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 $213,657 #162 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $65,656 #132 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Owensboro ranks #172 for cost of living and #162 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.

Decatur $47,510 Longview $46,430 San Francisco $46,420 New York $45,620 San Jose $45,210 Bremerton $44,110 Seattle $44,070 Hanford $43,600 Santa Rosa $42,790 Vallejo $42,230 Modesto $42,130 Portland $42,100 Mount Vernon $41,970 Napa $41,970 Bellingham $41,720 Chicago $41,720 Santa Cruz $41,540 Medford $41,350 Elkhart $41,080 Kennewick $40,920 Merced $40,730 Salinas $40,440 Los Angeles $40,340 Sacramento $40,260 Bakersfield $40,250 Olympia $40,210 Eugene $39,970 Spokane $39,970 Stockton $39,900 Yakima $39,860 Baltimore $39,790 San Diego $39,650 Springfield $39,640 Oxnard $39,570 Yuba City $39,410 Santa Maria $39,400 Bend $39,370 Riverside $39,330 Albany $39,240 San Luis Obispo $39,220 Wenatchee $39,060 Lexington Park $38,980 Walla Walla $38,770 Salem $38,690 Fresno $38,650 Albany $38,610 Vineland $38,400 Chico $38,370 Champaign $38,160 El Centro $38,160 Rockford $38,070 Binghamton $38,050 Redding $37,990 Kiryas Joel $37,950 Kingston $37,930 Visalia $37,860 Grants Pass $37,760 York $37,720 Gettysburg $37,640 Staunton $37,540 Bloomington $37,510 Glens Falls $37,290 Syracuse $37,250 Ithaca $37,210 Utica $37,080 Philadelphia $37,060 Lebanon $36,980 Elmira $36,890 Buffalo $36,820 Kankakee $36,710 Rochester $36,680 Louisville $36,670 Naples $36,640 Trenton $36,640 Gainesville $36,580 Winchester $36,500 Kalamazoo $36,400 Lynchburg $36,370 Bloomington $36,340 Salisbury $36,220 Harrisonburg $36,140 Peoria $36,020 Atlantic City $35,950 South Bend $35,950 Virginia Beach $35,920 Watertown $35,730 Corvallis $35,640 Miami $35,640 Allentown $35,610 Crestview $35,540 Lancaster $35,540 Grand Rapids $35,430 Traverse City $35,410 Detroit $35,330 Fort Wayne $35,270 Indianapolis $35,210 Altoona $35,090 Dover $35,060 Fort Myers $34,970 Hagerstown $34,950 Jacksonville $34,950 Lexington $34,930 Punta Gorda $34,920 Deltona $34,880 Harrisburg $34,780 Jackson $34,750 Tampa $34,730 Orlando $34,650 Owensboro $34,520 Michigan City $34,510 Midland $34,510 Reading $34,390 Lafayette $34,330 Scranton $34,330 Ann Arbor $34,300 Paducah $34,280 Sarasota $34,260 Pittsburgh $34,250 Erie $34,180 Bowling Green $34,000 Richmond $33,970 Sherman $33,950 Dallas $33,940 Palm Bay $33,870 Evansville $33,830 Austin $33,820 Chambersburg $33,820 Pensacola $33,720 Charlottesville $33,700 Wildwood $33,560 Battle Creek $33,540 Lakeland $33,400 State College $33,400 Ocala $33,310 Williamsport $33,300 Port St. Lucie $33,220 Johnstown $33,180 Saginaw $33,140 Odessa $33,120 Niles $33,110 Beaumont $32,970 Kokomo $32,920 Muskegon $32,890 Roanoke $32,730 Lansing $32,650 Wheeling $32,620 Tallahassee $32,560 Terre Haute $32,560 Blacksburg $32,540 Homosassa Springs $32,370 Sebring $32,340 Monroe $32,310 Houston $32,280 Longview $31,980 Sebastian $31,930 Flint $31,890 Huntington $31,890 Elizabethtown $31,740 Columbus $31,650 Morgantown $31,630 Panama City $31,440 Bay City $31,430 Wichita Falls $31,300 San Antonio $30,980 Midland $30,600 College Station $30,500 Muncie $30,490 Waco $30,390 Weirton $30,350 Amarillo $29,830 Abilene $29,550 Tyler $29,550 Charleston $29,530 Parkersburg $29,520 Killeen $29,320 Beckley $29,290 Corpus Christi $29,250 Texarkana $29,160 San Angelo $29,070 Lubbock $28,390 El Paso $27,790 Victoria $27,780 Brownsville $27,000 McAllen $26,760 Laredo $25,810
CityMean salaryvs. Owensboro
Abilene, Texas$29,550-14.4%
Albany, Oregon$38,610+11.8%
Albany, New York$39,240+13.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$35,610+3.2%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$35,090+1.7%
Amarillo, Texas$29,830-13.6%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$34,300-0.6%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$35,950+4.1%
Austin, Texas$33,820-2.0%
Bakersfield, California$40,250+16.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$39,790+15.3%
Battle Creek, Michigan$33,540-2.8%
Bay City, Michigan$31,430-9.0%
Beaumont, Texas$32,970-4.5%
Beckley, West Virginia$29,290-15.2%
Bellingham, Washington$41,720+20.9%
Bend, Oregon$39,370+14.0%
Binghamton, New York$38,050+10.2%
Blacksburg, Virginia$32,540-5.7%
Bloomington, Illinois$36,340+5.3%
Bloomington, Indiana$37,510+8.7%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$34,000-1.5%
Bremerton, Washington$44,110+27.8%
Brownsville, Texas$27,000-21.8%
Buffalo, New York$36,820+6.7%
Fort Myers, Florida$34,970+1.3%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$33,820-2.0%
Champaign, Illinois$38,160+10.5%
Charleston, West Virginia$29,530-14.5%
Charlottesville, Virginia$33,700-2.4%
Chicago, Illinois$41,720+20.9%
Chico, California$38,370+11.2%
College Station, Texas$30,500-11.6%
Columbus, Indiana$31,650-8.3%
Corpus Christi, Texas$29,250-15.3%
Corvallis, Oregon$35,640+3.2%
Crestview, Florida$35,540+3.0%
Dallas, Texas$33,940-1.7%
Decatur, Illinois$47,510+37.6%
Deltona, Florida$34,880+1.0%
Detroit, Michigan$35,330+2.3%
Dover, Delaware$35,060+1.6%
El Centro, California$38,160+10.5%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$31,740-8.1%
Elkhart, Indiana$41,080+19.0%
Elmira, New York$36,890+6.9%
El Paso, Texas$27,790-19.5%
Erie, Pennsylvania$34,180-1.0%
Eugene, Oregon$39,970+15.8%
Evansville, Indiana$33,830-2.0%
Flint, Michigan$31,890-7.6%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$35,270+2.2%
Fresno, California$38,650+12.0%
Gainesville, Florida$36,580+6.0%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$37,640+9.0%
Glens Falls, New York$37,290+8.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$35,430+2.6%
Grants Pass, Oregon$37,760+9.4%
Hagerstown, Maryland$34,950+1.2%
Hanford, California$43,600+26.3%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$34,780+0.8%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$36,140+4.7%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$32,370-6.2%
Houston, Texas$32,280-6.5%
Huntington, West Virginia$31,890-7.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$35,210+2.0%
Ithaca, New York$37,210+7.8%
Jackson, Michigan$34,750+0.7%
Jacksonville, Florida$34,950+1.2%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$33,180-3.9%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$36,400+5.4%
Kankakee, Illinois$36,710+6.3%
Kennewick, Washington$40,920+18.5%
Killeen, Texas$29,320-15.1%
Kingston, New York$37,930+9.9%
Kiryas Joel, New York$37,950+9.9%
Kokomo, Indiana$32,920-4.6%
Lafayette, Indiana$34,330-0.6%
Lakeland, Florida$33,400-3.2%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$35,540+3.0%
Lansing, Michigan$32,650-5.4%
Laredo, Texas$25,810-25.2%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$36,980+7.1%
Lexington, Kentucky$34,930+1.2%
Lexington Park, Maryland$38,980+12.9%
Longview, Texas$31,980-7.4%
Longview, Washington$46,430+34.5%
Los Angeles, California$40,340+16.9%
Louisville, Kentucky$36,670+6.2%
Lubbock, Texas$28,390-17.8%
Lynchburg, Virginia$36,370+5.4%
McAllen, Texas$26,760-22.5%
Medford, Oregon$41,350+19.8%
Merced, California$40,730+18.0%
Miami, Florida$35,640+3.2%
Michigan City, Indiana$34,510-0.0%
Midland, Michigan$30,600-11.4%
Midland, Texas$34,510-0.0%
Modesto, California$42,130+22.0%
Monroe, Michigan$32,310-6.4%
Morgantown, West Virginia$31,630-8.4%
Mount Vernon, Washington$41,970+21.6%
Muncie, Indiana$30,490-11.7%
Muskegon, Michigan$32,890-4.7%
Napa, California$41,970+21.6%
Naples, Florida$36,640+6.1%
New York, New York$45,620+32.2%
Niles, Michigan$33,110-4.1%
Sarasota, Florida$34,260-0.8%
Ocala, Florida$33,310-3.5%
Odessa, Texas$33,120-4.1%
Olympia, Washington$40,210+16.5%
Orlando, Florida$34,650+0.4%
Oxnard, California$39,570+14.6%
Paducah, Kentucky$34,280-0.7%
Palm Bay, Florida$33,870-1.9%
Panama City, Florida$31,440-8.9%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$29,520-14.5%
Pensacola, Florida$33,720-2.3%
Peoria, Illinois$36,020+4.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$37,060+7.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$34,250-0.8%
Portland, Oregon$42,100+22.0%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$33,220-3.8%
Punta Gorda, Florida$34,920+1.2%
Reading, Pennsylvania$34,390-0.4%
Redding, California$37,990+10.1%
Richmond, Virginia$33,970-1.6%
Riverside, California$39,330+13.9%
Roanoke, Virginia$32,730-5.2%
Rochester, New York$36,680+6.3%
Rockford, Illinois$38,070+10.3%
Sacramento, California$40,260+16.6%
Saginaw, Michigan$33,140-4.0%
Salem, Oregon$38,690+12.1%
Salinas, California$40,440+17.1%
Salisbury, Maryland$36,220+4.9%
San Angelo, Texas$29,070-15.8%
San Antonio, Texas$30,980-10.3%
San Diego, California$39,650+14.9%
San Francisco, California$46,420+34.5%
San Jose, California$45,210+31.0%
San Luis Obispo, California$39,220+13.6%
Santa Cruz, California$41,540+20.3%
Santa Maria, California$39,400+14.1%
Santa Rosa, California$42,790+24.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$34,330-0.6%
Seattle, Washington$44,070+27.7%
Sebastian, Florida$31,930-7.5%
Sebring, Florida$32,340-6.3%
Sherman, Texas$33,950-1.7%
South Bend, Indiana$35,950+4.1%
Spokane, Washington$39,970+15.8%
Springfield, Illinois$39,640+14.8%
State College, Pennsylvania$33,400-3.2%
Staunton, Virginia$37,540+8.7%
Stockton, California$39,900+15.6%
Syracuse, New York$37,250+7.9%
Tallahassee, Florida$32,560-5.7%
Tampa, Florida$34,730+0.6%
Terre Haute, Indiana$32,560-5.7%
Texarkana, Texas$29,160-15.5%
Traverse City, Michigan$35,410+2.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$36,640+6.1%
Tyler, Texas$29,550-14.4%
Utica, New York$37,080+7.4%
Vallejo, California$42,230+22.3%
Victoria, Texas$27,780-19.5%
Vineland, New Jersey$38,400+11.2%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$35,920+4.1%
Visalia, California$37,860+9.7%
Waco, Texas$30,390-12.0%
Walla Walla, Washington$38,770+12.3%
Watertown, New York$35,730+3.5%
Weirton, West Virginia$30,350-12.1%
Wenatchee, Washington$39,060+13.2%
Wheeling, West Virginia$32,620-5.5%
Wichita Falls, Texas$31,300-9.3%
Wildwood, Florida$33,560-2.8%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$33,300-3.5%
Winchester, Virginia$36,500+5.7%
Yakima, Washington$39,860+15.5%
York, Pennsylvania$37,720+9.3%
Yuba City, California$39,410+14.2%
Gross salary
34,520/yr
Estimated take-home
28,212/yr
Est. total withheld
18.3%

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 53-7061 SOC code
Official area Owensboro, KY BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 36980 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)
112,322