First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling
United States. Estimated employment 623,640, with pages for 57 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 53-1047
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$62,890 · 50th
$43,36010th
$50,07025th
$62,89050th
$78,16075th
$96,15090th
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 Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $74,240 | 2,310 |
| Stockton, CA | $73,970 | 2,440 |
| San Francisco, CA | $73,950 | 7,450 |
| Hanford, CA | $72,670 | 180 |
| New York, NY | $71,510 | 35,860 |
| Midland, TX | $70,840 | 720 |
| Vallejo, CA | $70,580 | 590 |
| Riverside, CA | $69,920 | 11,610 |
| Chicago, IL | $68,330 | 19,280 |
| Bakersfield, CA | $67,490 | 1,210 |
| Modesto, CA | $66,800 | 800 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $66,790 | 1,230 |
| Allentown, PA | $66,320 | 2,230 |
| Decatur, IL | $65,470 | 160 |
| Atlanta, GA | $65,290 | 16,900 |
| Scranton, PA | $65,030 | 1,610 |
| Savannah, GA | $65,000 | 1,330 |
| Syracuse, NY | $64,540 | 1,320 |
| Lebanon, PA | $64,420 | 330 |
| Harrisburg, PA | $64,190 | 2,050 |
| Albany, NY | $63,160 | 1,590 |
| Odessa, TX | $62,950 | 440 |
| Philadelphia, PA | $62,820 | 12,050 |
| Gainesville, GA | $62,800 | 600 |
| Reading, PA | $62,770 | 790 |
| Rochester, NY | $62,740 | 1,620 |
| Chambersburg, PA | $62,590 | 460 |
| Killeen, TX | $62,550 | 570 |
| Valdosta, GA | $62,390 | 260 |
| Cape Coral, FL | $62,370 | 1,020 |
| Naples, FL | $62,280 | 430 |
| York, PA | $62,270 | 950 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $62,190 | 22,930 |
| Lakeland, FL | $62,130 | 1,620 |
| Austin, TX | $61,920 | 3,820 |
| Miami, FL | $61,780 | 11,080 |
| Tampa, FL | $61,640 | 4,560 |
| Kingston, NY | $61,500 | 180 |
| Utica, NY | $61,480 | 360 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $61,420 | 3,340 |
| Waco, TX | $61,240 | 410 |
| Buffalo, NY | $61,160 | 2,000 |
| Macon, GA | $61,060 | 490 |
| Beaumont, TX | $60,980 | 670 |
| Gainesville, FL | $60,940 | 340 |
| Orlando, FL | $60,880 | 4,980 |
| Houston, TX | $60,760 | 15,320 |
| Kankakee, IL | $60,600 | 140 |
| Augusta, GA | $60,440 | 860 |
| San Antonio, TX | $60,390 | 4,670 |
| Dallas, TX | $60,260 | 19,490 |
| Rockford, IL | $59,940 | 780 |
| Peoria, IL | $59,560 | 490 |
| Champaign, IL | $59,400 | 360 |
| Dalton, GA | $59,230 | 360 |
| Springfield, IL | $58,180 | 270 |
| Bloomington, IL | $57,470 | 220 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 623,640 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 53-1047, First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling. Mapped to our taxonomy as first-line-supervisors-of-transportation-and-material-moving-workers-except-aircraft-cargo-handling.
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