Pharmacists Salary — Bowling Green, Kentucky

The average Pharmacists in Bowling Green, Kentucky earns $134,950 a year.

$134,950 / year, mean
↓ 4.5% 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 close to the national average for pharmacists — a fairly typical rate for this role. 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)
160
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.8%
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.

San Jose $190,370 Napa $186,750 San Francisco $184,540 Santa Rosa $175,910 Longview $170,930 Sacramento $169,660 Vallejo $169,600 San Luis Obispo $168,490 San Diego $167,490 Salinas $164,590 Fresno $163,710 Bend $163,440 Hanford $163,300 Seattle $163,080 Santa Cruz $162,700 Santa Maria $161,780 Portland $161,650 Salem $160,080 Stockton $159,860 Modesto $159,840 Bakersfield $158,780 Bremerton $158,490 Bellingham $157,670 Corvallis $157,450 Redding $157,380 Chico $157,060 Riverside $156,870 Visalia $156,150 Merced $155,620 El Centro $153,750 Yuba City $153,710 Walla Walla $153,600 Oxnard $153,570 Mount Vernon $153,490 Wenatchee $153,140 Medford $152,970 Kennewick $152,920 Olympia $152,570 Charlottesville $151,260 Chambersburg $151,150 Los Angeles $151,100 Eugene $150,870 Albany $150,830 Ann Arbor $150,640 Dover $148,290 Spokane $148,140 Williamsport $147,830 Waco $147,530 Midland $146,760 Grants Pass $146,480 Elkhart $145,190 Reading $144,050 Philadelphia $143,930 Indianapolis $143,650 Fort Wayne $143,590 Austin $143,520 Syracuse $143,260 Evansville $143,120 Bloomington $143,090 Lynchburg $142,540 New York $142,420 Lubbock $142,340 Louisville $142,290 Yakima $142,080 Kokomo $141,790 Kingston $141,780 Naples $141,710 Kankakee $141,610 Ithaca $141,370 Bloomington $141,360 Grand Rapids $141,320 Traverse City $141,230 Watertown $141,140 Staunton $140,750 South Bend $140,710 San Angelo $140,500 Odessa $140,360 Kalamazoo $140,270 Richmond $140,220 Niles $140,170 Harrisburg $139,750 Victoria $139,710 Kiryas Joel $139,700 Killeen $139,650 Lebanon $139,600 Allentown $139,560 Wichita Falls $139,530 San Antonio $139,390 Lancaster $139,380 Amarillo $139,250 Terre Haute $139,240 Midland $139,020 Peoria $138,770 York $138,730 Chicago $138,420 Virginia Beach $138,340 Longview $138,040 Baltimore $137,980 Trenton $137,980 Champaign $137,790 Battle Creek $137,600 Dallas $137,540 Springfield $137,420 Beaumont $137,290 Rochester $137,220 Houston $137,100 Muncie $136,940 Rockford $136,830 Owensboro $136,740 Corpus Christi $136,710 Lexington Park $136,610 Buffalo $136,570 Paducah $136,460 Muskegon $136,420 Saginaw $136,420 Binghamton $136,190 Winchester $136,130 Lexington $136,080 Decatur $136,060 Elmira $135,870 Lakeland $135,730 Sherman $135,380 Harrisonburg $135,290 Elizabethtown $135,200 Michigan City $134,990 Bowling Green $134,950 Jackson $134,900 Brownsville $134,850 Texarkana $134,840 Tyler $134,840 Lansing $134,640 Punta Gorda $134,590 College Station $134,550 Sarasota $134,260 Albany $134,060 Roanoke $133,970 Jacksonville $133,960 McAllen $133,800 Hagerstown $133,580 Gettysburg $133,450 Palm Bay $133,330 Detroit $132,990 Bay City $132,980 Vineland $132,950 Blacksburg $132,810 Glens Falls $132,660 Orlando $132,460 Fort Myers $132,310 State College $132,230 Scranton $131,700 Salisbury $131,380 Pittsburgh $131,360 Abilene $130,990 Johnstown $130,790 Columbus $130,590 Utica $130,580 Tampa $130,480 Deltona $130,470 Wheeling $130,460 Flint $130,440 Huntington $129,580 Beckley $129,440 El Paso $129,310 Charleston $129,220 Crestview $129,020 Miami $128,730 Sebastian $128,590 Altoona $128,190 Atlantic City $127,160 Tallahassee $127,040 Monroe $127,000 Sebring $126,790 Homosassa Springs $126,730 Morgantown $126,640 Port St. Lucie $126,170 Erie $126,060 Laredo $125,770 Ocala $125,650 Parkersburg $124,740 Gainesville $124,210 Weirton $123,920 Pensacola $115,070 Panama City $111,840 Wildwood $106,020 Lafayette $102,700
CityMean salaryvs. Bowling Green
Abilene, Texas$130,990-2.9%
Albany, Oregon$150,830+11.8%
Albany, New York$134,060-0.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$139,560+3.4%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$128,190-5.0%
Amarillo, Texas$139,250+3.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$150,640+11.6%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$127,160-5.8%
Austin, Texas$143,520+6.4%
Bakersfield, California$158,780+17.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$137,980+2.2%
Battle Creek, Michigan$137,600+2.0%
Bay City, Michigan$132,980-1.5%
Beaumont, Texas$137,290+1.7%
Beckley, West Virginia$129,440-4.1%
Bellingham, Washington$157,670+16.8%
Bend, Oregon$163,440+21.1%
Binghamton, New York$136,190+0.9%
Blacksburg, Virginia$132,810-1.6%
Bloomington, Illinois$143,090+6.0%
Bloomington, Indiana$141,360+4.7%
Bremerton, Washington$158,490+17.4%
Brownsville, Texas$134,850-0.1%
Buffalo, New York$136,570+1.2%
Fort Myers, Florida$132,310-2.0%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$151,150+12.0%
Champaign, Illinois$137,790+2.1%
Charleston, West Virginia$129,220-4.2%
Charlottesville, Virginia$151,260+12.1%
Chicago, Illinois$138,420+2.6%
Chico, California$157,060+16.4%
College Station, Texas$134,550-0.3%
Columbus, Indiana$130,590-3.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$136,710+1.3%
Corvallis, Oregon$157,450+16.7%
Crestview, Florida$129,020-4.4%
Dallas, Texas$137,540+1.9%
Decatur, Illinois$136,060+0.8%
Deltona, Florida$130,470-3.3%
Detroit, Michigan$132,990-1.5%
Dover, Delaware$148,290+9.9%
El Centro, California$153,750+13.9%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$135,200+0.2%
Elkhart, Indiana$145,190+7.6%
Elmira, New York$135,870+0.7%
El Paso, Texas$129,310-4.2%
Erie, Pennsylvania$126,060-6.6%
Eugene, Oregon$150,870+11.8%
Evansville, Indiana$143,120+6.1%
Flint, Michigan$130,440-3.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$143,590+6.4%
Fresno, California$163,710+21.3%
Gainesville, Florida$124,210-8.0%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$133,450-1.1%
Glens Falls, New York$132,660-1.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$141,320+4.7%
Grants Pass, Oregon$146,480+8.5%
Hagerstown, Maryland$133,580-1.0%
Hanford, California$163,300+21.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$139,750+3.6%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$135,290+0.3%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$126,730-6.1%
Houston, Texas$137,100+1.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$129,580-4.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$143,650+6.4%
Ithaca, New York$141,370+4.8%
Jackson, Michigan$134,900-0.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$133,960-0.7%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$130,790-3.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$140,270+3.9%
Kankakee, Illinois$141,610+4.9%
Kennewick, Washington$152,920+13.3%
Killeen, Texas$139,650+3.5%
Kingston, New York$141,780+5.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$139,700+3.5%
Kokomo, Indiana$141,790+5.1%
Lafayette, Indiana$102,700-23.9%
Lakeland, Florida$135,730+0.6%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$139,380+3.3%
Lansing, Michigan$134,640-0.2%
Laredo, Texas$125,770-6.8%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$139,600+3.4%
Lexington, Kentucky$136,080+0.8%
Lexington Park, Maryland$136,610+1.2%
Longview, Texas$138,040+2.3%
Longview, Washington$170,930+26.7%
Los Angeles, California$151,100+12.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$142,290+5.4%
Lubbock, Texas$142,340+5.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$142,540+5.6%
McAllen, Texas$133,800-0.9%
Medford, Oregon$152,970+13.4%
Merced, California$155,620+15.3%
Miami, Florida$128,730-4.6%
Michigan City, Indiana$134,990+0.0%
Midland, Michigan$139,020+3.0%
Midland, Texas$146,760+8.8%
Modesto, California$159,840+18.4%
Monroe, Michigan$127,000-5.9%
Morgantown, West Virginia$126,640-6.2%
Mount Vernon, Washington$153,490+13.7%
Muncie, Indiana$136,940+1.5%
Muskegon, Michigan$136,420+1.1%
Napa, California$186,750+38.4%
Naples, Florida$141,710+5.0%
New York, New York$142,420+5.5%
Niles, Michigan$140,170+3.9%
Sarasota, Florida$134,260-0.5%
Ocala, Florida$125,650-6.9%
Odessa, Texas$140,360+4.0%
Olympia, Washington$152,570+13.1%
Orlando, Florida$132,460-1.8%
Owensboro, Kentucky$136,740+1.3%
Oxnard, California$153,570+13.8%
Paducah, Kentucky$136,460+1.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$133,330-1.2%
Panama City, Florida$111,840-17.1%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$124,740-7.6%
Pensacola, Florida$115,070-14.7%
Peoria, Illinois$138,770+2.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$143,930+6.7%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$131,360-2.7%
Portland, Oregon$161,650+19.8%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$126,170-6.5%
Punta Gorda, Florida$134,590-0.3%
Reading, Pennsylvania$144,050+6.7%
Redding, California$157,380+16.6%
Richmond, Virginia$140,220+3.9%
Riverside, California$156,870+16.2%
Roanoke, Virginia$133,970-0.7%
Rochester, New York$137,220+1.7%
Rockford, Illinois$136,830+1.4%
Sacramento, California$169,660+25.7%
Saginaw, Michigan$136,420+1.1%
Salem, Oregon$160,080+18.6%
Salinas, California$164,590+22.0%
Salisbury, Maryland$131,380-2.6%
San Angelo, Texas$140,500+4.1%
San Antonio, Texas$139,390+3.3%
San Diego, California$167,490+24.1%
San Francisco, California$184,540+36.7%
San Jose, California$190,370+41.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$168,490+24.9%
Santa Cruz, California$162,700+20.6%
Santa Maria, California$161,780+19.9%
Santa Rosa, California$175,910+30.4%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$131,700-2.4%
Seattle, Washington$163,080+20.8%
Sebastian, Florida$128,590-4.7%
Sebring, Florida$126,790-6.0%
Sherman, Texas$135,380+0.3%
South Bend, Indiana$140,710+4.3%
Spokane, Washington$148,140+9.8%
Springfield, Illinois$137,420+1.8%
State College, Pennsylvania$132,230-2.0%
Staunton, Virginia$140,750+4.3%
Stockton, California$159,860+18.5%
Syracuse, New York$143,260+6.2%
Tallahassee, Florida$127,040-5.9%
Tampa, Florida$130,480-3.3%
Terre Haute, Indiana$139,240+3.2%
Texarkana, Texas$134,840-0.1%
Traverse City, Michigan$141,230+4.7%
Trenton, New Jersey$137,980+2.2%
Tyler, Texas$134,840-0.1%
Utica, New York$130,580-3.2%
Vallejo, California$169,600+25.7%
Victoria, Texas$139,710+3.5%
Vineland, New Jersey$132,950-1.5%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$138,340+2.5%
Visalia, California$156,150+15.7%
Waco, Texas$147,530+9.3%
Walla Walla, Washington$153,600+13.8%
Watertown, New York$141,140+4.6%
Weirton, West Virginia$123,920-8.2%
Wenatchee, Washington$153,140+13.5%
Wheeling, West Virginia$130,460-3.3%
Wichita Falls, Texas$139,530+3.4%
Wildwood, Florida$106,020-21.4%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$147,830+9.5%
Winchester, Virginia$136,130+0.9%
Yakima, Washington$142,080+5.3%
York, Pennsylvania$138,730+2.8%
Yuba City, California$153,710+13.9%
Gross salary
134,950/yr
Estimated take-home
96,200/yr
Est. total withheld
28.7%

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 29-1051 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