Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators Salary — Bowling Green, Kentucky

The average Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators in Bowling Green, Kentucky earns $74,570 a year.

$74,570 / year, mean
↓ 8.5% below national average 25th percentile in Kentucky

Bowling Green pays below most of Kentucky for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators, worth factoring into any relocation math. 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)
140
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.5%
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 Francisco $105,960 San Jose $105,400 Merced $103,890 Salinas $102,060 Baltimore $98,890 Santa Cruz $97,770 Santa Rosa $96,480 New York $96,060 Naples $95,200 San Luis Obispo $94,090 Stockton $93,930 Vallejo $92,940 Santa Maria $92,200 Lexington Park $92,030 Dover $91,690 Bellingham $90,430 Kingston $90,360 Bremerton $90,250 Kiryas Joel $90,190 Los Angeles $89,810 Modesto $89,660 Riverside $89,570 Vineland $89,540 Sacramento $89,400 Salem $89,400 Seattle $89,050 Philadelphia $88,080 San Diego $87,810 Bloomington $87,620 Allentown $87,330 Ann Arbor $86,710 Jackson $86,370 Hagerstown $86,070 York $86,060 Binghamton $85,830 Dallas $85,740 Peoria $85,350 Portland $85,330 San Antonio $85,290 Deltona $84,650 Rochester $84,550 Syracuse $84,430 Fresno $84,400 Salisbury $83,850 Oxnard $83,720 Muskegon $83,710 Reading $83,680 Trenton $83,510 Longview $83,370 Bend $83,220 Glens Falls $83,210 Elizabethtown $83,100 Ithaca $83,040 Chicago $82,680 Detroit $82,170 Sebastian $82,110 Fort Myers $82,050 College Station $82,050 Albany $82,040 Visalia $81,920 Saginaw $81,740 Sarasota $81,540 Buffalo $81,360 Panama City $81,200 Utica $81,170 Bakersfield $81,130 Miami $80,830 Albany $80,750 Huntington $80,580 Yakima $80,580 Niles $80,510 Traverse City $80,490 Houston $80,420 Altoona $80,330 Grand Rapids $79,940 Richmond $79,920 Redding $79,850 Atlantic City $79,720 Ocala $79,710 Lancaster $79,680 Medford $79,540 McAllen $79,200 Kalamazoo $78,590 Johnstown $78,560 Kennewick $78,080 Tampa $77,970 Jacksonville $77,840 Olympia $77,840 Fort Wayne $77,830 Pittsburgh $77,760 Amarillo $77,540 Harrisburg $77,490 Lafayette $77,420 Champaign $77,360 Roanoke $77,050 Morgantown $76,820 Flint $76,750 Crestview $76,520 Lexington $76,510 Orlando $76,430 Beaumont $76,160 Louisville $76,100 Scranton $75,780 Bloomington $75,520 Virginia Beach $75,380 Parkersburg $75,320 Lansing $75,220 Decatur $75,150 Killeen $75,000 Lynchburg $74,900 Gainesville $74,780 Austin $74,750 Bowling Green $74,570 Rockford $74,540 Erie $74,420 Terre Haute $74,350 Winchester $74,310 Eugene $74,100 Palm Bay $74,010 Evansville $73,670 South Bend $73,430 Lakeland $73,340 Watertown $73,330 Charlottesville $73,170 Indianapolis $72,910 Brownsville $72,820 Spokane $72,210 Charleston $71,620 Tyler $70,970 Lubbock $70,610 Corpus Christi $70,480 Springfield $68,320 Tallahassee $68,080 Wheeling $67,580 El Paso $66,860 Beckley $65,730 Odessa $64,520 Longview $63,850 Pensacola $63,240 Abilene $47,210
CityMean salaryvs. Bowling Green
Abilene, Texas$47,210-36.7%
Albany, Oregon$80,750+8.3%
Albany, New York$82,040+10.0%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$87,330+17.1%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$80,330+7.7%
Amarillo, Texas$77,540+4.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$86,710+16.3%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$79,720+6.9%
Austin, Texas$74,750+0.2%
Bakersfield, California$81,130+8.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$98,890+32.6%
Beaumont, Texas$76,160+2.1%
Beckley, West Virginia$65,730-11.9%
Bellingham, Washington$90,430+21.3%
Bend, Oregon$83,220+11.6%
Binghamton, New York$85,830+15.1%
Bloomington, Illinois$75,520+1.3%
Bloomington, Indiana$87,620+17.5%
Bremerton, Washington$90,250+21.0%
Brownsville, Texas$72,820-2.3%
Buffalo, New York$81,360+9.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$82,050+10.0%
Champaign, Illinois$77,360+3.7%
Charleston, West Virginia$71,620-4.0%
Charlottesville, Virginia$73,170-1.9%
Chicago, Illinois$82,680+10.9%
College Station, Texas$82,050+10.0%
Corpus Christi, Texas$70,480-5.5%
Crestview, Florida$76,520+2.6%
Dallas, Texas$85,740+15.0%
Decatur, Illinois$75,150+0.8%
Deltona, Florida$84,650+13.5%
Detroit, Michigan$82,170+10.2%
Dover, Delaware$91,690+23.0%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$83,100+11.4%
El Paso, Texas$66,860-10.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$74,420-0.2%
Eugene, Oregon$74,100-0.6%
Evansville, Indiana$73,670-1.2%
Flint, Michigan$76,750+2.9%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$77,830+4.4%
Fresno, California$84,400+13.2%
Gainesville, Florida$74,780+0.3%
Glens Falls, New York$83,210+11.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$79,940+7.2%
Hagerstown, Maryland$86,070+15.4%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$77,490+3.9%
Houston, Texas$80,420+7.8%
Huntington, West Virginia$80,580+8.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$72,910-2.2%
Ithaca, New York$83,040+11.4%
Jackson, Michigan$86,370+15.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$77,840+4.4%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$78,560+5.4%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$78,590+5.4%
Kennewick, Washington$78,080+4.7%
Killeen, Texas$75,000+0.6%
Kingston, New York$90,360+21.2%
Kiryas Joel, New York$90,190+20.9%
Lafayette, Indiana$77,420+3.8%
Lakeland, Florida$73,340-1.6%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$79,680+6.9%
Lansing, Michigan$75,220+0.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$76,510+2.6%
Lexington Park, Maryland$92,030+23.4%
Longview, Texas$63,850-14.4%
Longview, Washington$83,370+11.8%
Los Angeles, California$89,810+20.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$76,100+2.1%
Lubbock, Texas$70,610-5.3%
Lynchburg, Virginia$74,900+0.4%
McAllen, Texas$79,200+6.2%
Medford, Oregon$79,540+6.7%
Merced, California$103,890+39.3%
Miami, Florida$80,830+8.4%
Modesto, California$89,660+20.2%
Morgantown, West Virginia$76,820+3.0%
Muskegon, Michigan$83,710+12.3%
Naples, Florida$95,200+27.7%
New York, New York$96,060+28.8%
Niles, Michigan$80,510+8.0%
Sarasota, Florida$81,540+9.3%
Ocala, Florida$79,710+6.9%
Odessa, Texas$64,520-13.5%
Olympia, Washington$77,840+4.4%
Orlando, Florida$76,430+2.5%
Oxnard, California$83,720+12.3%
Palm Bay, Florida$74,010-0.8%
Panama City, Florida$81,200+8.9%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$75,320+1.0%
Pensacola, Florida$63,240-15.2%
Peoria, Illinois$85,350+14.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$88,080+18.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$77,760+4.3%
Portland, Oregon$85,330+14.4%
Reading, Pennsylvania$83,680+12.2%
Redding, California$79,850+7.1%
Richmond, Virginia$79,920+7.2%
Riverside, California$89,570+20.1%
Roanoke, Virginia$77,050+3.3%
Rochester, New York$84,550+13.4%
Rockford, Illinois$74,540-0.0%
Sacramento, California$89,400+19.9%
Saginaw, Michigan$81,740+9.6%
Salem, Oregon$89,400+19.9%
Salinas, California$102,060+36.9%
Salisbury, Maryland$83,850+12.4%
San Antonio, Texas$85,290+14.4%
San Diego, California$87,810+17.8%
San Francisco, California$105,960+42.1%
San Jose, California$105,400+41.3%
San Luis Obispo, California$94,090+26.2%
Santa Cruz, California$97,770+31.1%
Santa Maria, California$92,200+23.6%
Santa Rosa, California$96,480+29.4%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$75,780+1.6%
Seattle, Washington$89,050+19.4%
Sebastian, Florida$82,110+10.1%
South Bend, Indiana$73,430-1.5%
Spokane, Washington$72,210-3.2%
Springfield, Illinois$68,320-8.4%
Stockton, California$93,930+26.0%
Syracuse, New York$84,430+13.2%
Tallahassee, Florida$68,080-8.7%
Tampa, Florida$77,970+4.6%
Terre Haute, Indiana$74,350-0.3%
Traverse City, Michigan$80,490+7.9%
Trenton, New Jersey$83,510+12.0%
Tyler, Texas$70,970-4.8%
Utica, New York$81,170+8.9%
Vallejo, California$92,940+24.6%
Vineland, New Jersey$89,540+20.1%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$75,380+1.1%
Visalia, California$81,920+9.9%
Watertown, New York$73,330-1.7%
Wheeling, West Virginia$67,580-9.4%
Winchester, Virginia$74,310-0.3%
Yakima, Washington$80,580+8.1%
York, Pennsylvania$86,060+15.4%
Gross salary
74,570/yr
Estimated take-home
57,306/yr
Est. total withheld
23.2%

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 13-1031 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