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Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers · SOC 51-9162

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers Salary in the Bowling Green Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Bowling Green, KY metro area

Figures describe the Bowling Green, KY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Bowling Green city limits.

Median annual wage$58,800
Median hourly wage$28.27

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers in the Bowling Green, KY metro area earned a median of $58,800 per year ($28.27 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $56,230 at the 10th percentile to $86,760 at the 90th. BLS estimates 30 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers in the Bowling Green metro area earn more than $58,800 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $57,960 and $86,330.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$56,230$57,960$58,800$86,330$86,760
Hourly$27.04$27.87$28.27$41.51$41.71

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Bowling Green metro areathis metro area
    $58,800
  • Kentuckystate (KY)
    $64,980
  • United Statesnational
    $68,120

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −10% vs Kentucky overall and −14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$46,020$65,007$83,993$102,980Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $46,020Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $51,540Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $53,770Fort Smith, AR-OK — $54,500Dubuque, IA — $55,770Lynchburg, VA — $56,380Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $56,950Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $57,200Reno, NV — $57,690Columbus, IN — $57,770Erie, PA — $58,320Bowling Green, KY — $58,800Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $58,910Cedar Rapids, IA — $59,050Wausau, WI — $59,160Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $60,330Niles, MI — $60,850Youngstown-Warren, OH — $61,000Eau Claire, WI — $61,010Asheville, NC — $61,110Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $61,140Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $61,450Duluth, MN-WI — $61,450Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $61,470Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,600Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $61,870Omaha, NE-IA — $61,870Akron, OH — $61,910Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $62,020Green Bay, WI — $62,050Longview, TX — $62,130Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $62,220Jackson, MI — $62,470Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $62,570Ann Arbor, MI — $62,780Chattanooga, TN-GA — $62,800Appleton, WI — $62,850South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $63,100Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $63,560Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $63,570Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $63,720Boise City, ID — $63,790Cleveland, OH — $63,840Lancaster, PA — $63,960Canton-Massillon, OH — $64,020Jacksonville, FL — $64,080Columbus, OH — $64,230Rockford, IL — $64,370Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $64,520Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $64,660Toledo, OH — $64,940Madison, WI — $65,350Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $65,430Colorado Springs, CO — $65,470Fort Wayne, IN — $65,490Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $65,500Tucson, AZ — $65,520Richmond, VA — $65,630Raleigh-Cary, NC — $65,660Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $65,670Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $65,870Syracuse, NY — $66,130Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $66,150Rochester, NY — $66,650North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $66,670Traverse City, MI — $66,780Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $66,860Oklahoma City, OK — $66,950Manchester-Nashua, NH — $66,960St. Cloud, MN — $67,050Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $67,160Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $67,400Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $67,650Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $67,710Pittsburgh, PA — $67,930Sheboygan, WI — $68,020Saginaw, MI — $68,260San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $68,520Peoria, IL — $68,640Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $68,860Greensboro-High Point, NC — $69,070Winston-Salem, NC — $69,110Eugene-Springfield, OR — $69,120Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $69,400Spartanburg, SC — $69,470Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $69,570Tulsa, OK — $69,700Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $69,820Reading, PA — $70,060Knoxville, TN — $70,230Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $70,230Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $70,420Greeley, CO — $70,730Birmingham, AL — $70,790Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $70,840Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $71,060Kansas City, MO-KS — $71,180New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $71,310Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $71,600Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $72,790Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $72,870Portland-South Portland, ME — $72,920York-Hanover, PA — $73,190Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $73,740Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $73,920Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $74,030Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $75,480Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $75,500Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $75,660Springfield, MA — $75,830Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $75,910Evansville, IN — $76,240Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $76,650Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $76,710Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $76,970Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $78,010Worcester, MA — $78,710Huntsville, AL — $78,910Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $79,480San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $79,990Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $81,170Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $82,950New Haven, CT — $83,200Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $83,730Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $84,260Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $85,560Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $86,860Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $87,880Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $89,190Boulder, CO — $91,420San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $93,640Naples-Marco Island, FL — $93,770St. Louis, MO-IL — $94,230Wichita, KS — $99,790San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $102,980

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Bowling Green metro area has the 124th-highest published median for this occupation among the 135 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Kentucky

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for computer numerically controlled tool programmers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Bowling Green metro areathis page
    $58,800
  • Louisville/Jefferson County metro area
    $61,600

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$42,940First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$73,540Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$43,720Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$46,330Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,790Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$53,630

Highest-paying metro areas for computer numerically controlled tool programmerss · Highest-paying occupations in Bowling Green Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.