First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
United States. Estimated employment 673,430, with pages for 48 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 51-1011
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$74,450 · 50th
$47,13010th
$58,63025th
$74,45050th
$91,68075th
$108,75090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco, CA | $91,500 | 5,050 |
| Decatur, IL | $91,450 | 350 |
| San Jose, CA | $89,970 | 2,440 |
| Albany, NY | $87,000 | 1,410 |
| Hanford, CA | $84,010 | 240 |
| New York, NY | $81,790 | 19,220 |
| Savannah, GA | $81,370 | 1,100 |
| Yuba City, CA | $80,860 | 130 |
| Beaumont, TX | $80,860 | 1,290 |
| Vallejo, CA | $80,600 | 550 |
| Midland, TX | $80,170 | 430 |
| Brunswick, GA | $79,910 | 190 |
| San Diego, CA | $79,350 | 3,960 |
| Syracuse, NY | $79,280 | 1,230 |
| El Centro, CA | $79,060 | 190 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $78,930 | 270 |
| Sacramento, CA | $78,680 | 2,070 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $78,470 | 720 |
| Elmira, NY | $78,350 | 210 |
| Ithaca, NY | $78,260 | 100 |
| Amarillo, TX | $76,700 | 680 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $76,560 | 710 |
| Chicago, IL | $76,500 | 20,970 |
| Midland, MI | $76,470 | 150 |
| Saginaw, MI | $75,710 | 400 |
| Augusta, GA | $75,570 | 1,690 |
| Detroit, MI | $75,490 | 10,380 |
| Houston, TX | $75,330 | 15,270 |
| Warner Robins, GA | $75,230 | 350 |
| Monroe, MI | $75,230 | 350 |
| Victoria, TX | $75,060 | 140 |
| Muskegon, MI | $74,850 | 530 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $74,740 | 17,650 |
| Bay City, MI | $74,610 | 260 |
| Sherman, TX | $74,310 | 390 |
| Rockford, IL | $74,280 | 1,050 |
| Kankakee, IL | $74,240 | 300 |
| Peoria, IL | $74,200 | 980 |
| Jackson, MI | $74,090 | 510 |
| Odessa, TX | $73,990 | 380 |
| Champaign, IL | $73,530 | 400 |
| Rome, GA | $73,260 | 430 |
| Springfield, IL | $72,730 | 220 |
| Niles, MI | $72,720 | 480 |
| Columbus, GA | $72,580 | 650 |
| Atlanta, GA | $71,310 | 11,730 |
| Dallas, TX | $69,940 | 16,880 |
| Gainesville, GA | $69,640 | 1,220 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 673,430 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 51-1011, First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers. Mapped to our taxonomy as first-line-supervisors-of-production-and-operating-workers.
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