Financial analyst · Bowling Green, KY
Financial analyst in Bowling Green: $3,061/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median financial analyst wage in Bowling Green at $97,180 a year. About 50 financial analyst jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.26). The 10th percentile is $59,680 and the 90th is $169,590. Pay ranks 94th-highest of 319 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($948/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,061 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Cape Girardeau, about 186 miles away, at $3,625 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,061
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$97,180
$59,680 to $169,590
Rent (1 bd)
$948
$1,129 (2 bd)
Employment
50
Location quotient 0.26
Pay rank
94th of 319
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, financial analyst pay of $97,180.
- Taxes$2,137
- Rent$948
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$3,061
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,180
- Federal income tax
- −$12,994
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,434
- State income tax (KY)
- −$3,756
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,458
- Take-home pay
- $71,538
- Effective tax rate
- 26.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $948
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,901
Left over each month
$8,098 gross, minus $2,137 in tax and $2,901 in living costs.
$3,061
Rank every metro for a financial analyst
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Cape Girardeau, $3,625/mo.
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Questions
What does a financial analyst make in Bowling Green?
$97,180 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 50 financial analyst jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a financial analyst in Bowling Green?
$3,061 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $948, and pay covers 8.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a financial analyst keep more?
Cape Girardeau, about 186 miles away, leaves $3,625 a month, more than Bowling Green.