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First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

Arecibo, PR metropolitan area. Estimated employment 550.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 43-1011
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$39,080 · 50th
$28,18010th
$32,41025th
$39,08050th
$47,25075th
$58,86090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in Arecibo earn more.

Table 1 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Puerto Rico

Median annual pay for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers across Puerto Rico metro areas, from the same federal release.

Metro areaMedianvs. Arecibo
San Juan$44,030+12.7%
Arecibo This page$39,080
Ponce$38,840−0.6%
Guayama$38,270−2.1%
Aguadilla$37,560−3.9%
Mayaguez$35,980−7.9%
Fig. 2 — Five-year trend

Nominal against real

The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.

25k30k35k40k 20212022202320242025
Nominal, as published Real, in 2025 dollars US$ thousands

Published pay rose 32.2% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 11.2% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Inflation
Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
Employment
550 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 43-1011, First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers. Mapped to our taxonomy as first-line-supervisors-of-office-and-administrative-support-workers.

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