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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023
51-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators. Excludes team or work leaders.
National estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Industry profile for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Geographic profile for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
National estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 671,160 |
0.3 % |
$ 34.48 |
$ 71,730 |
0.2 % |
Percentile wage estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 20.93 |
$ 25.00 |
$ 31.70 |
$ 39.75 |
$ 49.90 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 43,540 |
$ 52,000 |
$ 65,930 |
$ 82,680 |
$ 103,780 |
Industry profile for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Plastics Product Manufacturing |
29,820 |
4.92 |
$ 32.48 |
$ 67,560 |
| Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only) |
27,580 |
3.55 |
$ 34.96 |
$ 72,720 |
| Food and Beverage Retailers (4451 and 4452 only) |
27,350 |
0.90 |
$ 24.44 |
$ 50,830 |
| Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing |
23,110 |
4.15 |
$ 32.28 |
$ 67,150 |
| Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only) |
22,420 |
4.50 |
$ 33.66 |
$ 70,010 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Tobacco Manufacturing |
860 |
7.61 |
$ 31.89 |
$ 66,320 |
| Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing |
210 |
6.43 |
$ 32.56 |
$ 67,720 |
| Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities |
7,720 |
5.89 |
$ 30.07 |
$ 62,550 |
| Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills |
4,840 |
5.49 |
$ 46.08 |
$ 95,840 |
| Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel |
3,140 |
5.37 |
$ 34.29 |
$ 71,310 |
Top paying industries for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
Geographic profile for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Texas |
60,020 |
4.43 |
1.00 |
$ 33.67 |
$ 70,040 |
| California |
49,820 |
2.78 |
0.63 |
$ 38.19 |
$ 79,440 |
| Illinois |
32,170 |
5.35 |
1.21 |
$ 33.83 |
$ 70,360 |
| Ohio |
29,510 |
5.40 |
1.22 |
$ 32.39 |
$ 67,370 |
| Pennsylvania |
28,480 |
4.79 |
1.08 |
$ 34.77 |
$ 72,330 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Wisconsin |
26,080 |
9.04 |
2.04 |
$ 33.62 |
$ 69,920 |
| Alabama |
17,490 |
8.52 |
1.93 |
$ 33.86 |
$ 70,430 |
| Arkansas |
10,700 |
8.41 |
1.90 |
$ 30.85 |
$ 64,180 |
| Indiana |
25,870 |
8.19 |
1.85 |
$ 32.93 |
$ 68,490 |
| Mississippi |
9,240 |
8.03 |
1.82 |
$ 33.36 |
$ 69,400 |
Top paying states for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| District of Columbia |
210 |
0.30 |
0.07 |
$ 45.11 |
$ 93,840 |
| Wyoming |
1,550 |
5.64 |
1.28 |
$ 44.34 |
$ 92,240 |
| Louisiana |
9,320 |
5.03 |
1.14 |
$ 41.32 |
$ 85,940 |
| Rhode Island |
2,430 |
4.98 |
1.13 |
$ 40.06 |
$ 83,330 |
| Alaska |
1,040 |
3.34 |
0.76 |
$ 39.30 |
$ 81,740 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
23,280 |
5.17 |
1.17 |
$ 34.78 |
$ 72,340 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
19,020 |
2.00 |
0.45 |
$ 39.55 |
$ 82,260 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
17,420 |
2.82 |
0.64 |
$ 37.87 |
$ 78,770 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
17,190 |
4.33 |
0.98 |
$ 32.52 |
$ 67,640 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
15,620 |
4.91 |
1.11 |
$ 37.19 |
$ 77,350 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
12,060 |
4.28 |
0.97 |
$ 33.80 |
$ 70,310 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
11,150 |
5.87 |
1.33 |
$ 34.53 |
$ 71,810 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
9,830 |
3.47 |
0.79 |
$ 37.31 |
$ 77,590 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
9,610 |
3.48 |
0.79 |
$ 38.22 |
$ 79,490 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
8,190 |
4.28 |
0.97 |
$ 36.99 |
$ 76,950 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
3,310 |
24.20 |
5.48 |
$ 32.90 |
$ 68,440 |
| Dalton, GA |
1,270 |
19.37 |
4.38 |
$ 29.65 |
$ 61,680 |
| Sheboygan, WI |
1,060 |
17.68 |
4.00 |
$ 33.92 |
$ 70,550 |
| Wausau, WI |
990 |
14.28 |
3.23 |
$ 32.84 |
$ 68,310 |
| Decatur, AL |
810 |
13.90 |
3.15 |
$ 38.59 |
$ 80,270 |
| Racine, WI |
950 |
12.56 |
2.84 |
$ 32.28 |
$ 67,140 |
| Columbus, IN |
620 |
12.15 |
2.75 |
$ 32.37 |
$ 67,330 |
| Owensboro, KY |
610 |
11.83 |
2.68 |
$ 35.61 |
$ 74,080 |
| Gainesville, GA |
1,150 |
11.60 |
2.62 |
$ 33.69 |
$ 70,080 |
| Morristown, TN |
540 |
11.55 |
2.61 |
$ 28.50 |
$ 59,290 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Baton Rouge, LA |
2,360 |
6.08 |
1.38 |
$ 51.03 |
$ 106,150 |
| Midland, TX |
570 |
4.93 |
1.12 |
$ 47.11 |
$ 97,980 |
| Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI |
1,000 |
8.16 |
1.85 |
$ 46.83 |
$ 97,400 |
| Lake Charles, LA |
630 |
6.90 |
1.56 |
$ 46.63 |
$ 96,990 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
2,880 |
2.52 |
0.57 |
$ 45.21 |
$ 94,040 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
490 |
5.32 |
1.20 |
$ 44.17 |
$ 91,870 |
| Bismarck, ND |
190 |
2.66 |
0.60 |
$ 43.09 |
$ 89,630 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
5,270 |
2.18 |
0.49 |
$ 43.08 |
$ 89,610 |
| Casper, WY |
270 |
6.85 |
1.55 |
$ 42.84 |
$ 89,100 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
1,510 |
6.60 |
1.49 |
$ 42.19 |
$ 87,750 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
| Nonmetropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area |
3,370 |
15.86 |
3.59 |
$ 31.95 |
$ 66,450 |
| North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) |
3,290 |
10.12 |
2.29 |
$ 31.59 |
$ 65,710 |
| Kansas nonmetropolitan area |
3,200 |
8.24 |
1.86 |
$ 33.40 |
$ 69,470 |
| West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area |
2,890 |
11.63 |
2.63 |
$ 32.25 |
$ 67,080 |
| Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area |
2,840 |
12.51 |
2.83 |
$ 31.32 |
$ 65,140 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
| Nonmetropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area |
1,090 |
16.10 |
3.64 |
$ 29.08 |
$ 60,480 |
| Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area |
3,370 |
15.86 |
3.59 |
$ 31.95 |
$ 66,450 |
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area |
1,040 |
15.48 |
3.50 |
$ 39.06 |
$ 81,240 |
| Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area |
2,280 |
15.32 |
3.47 |
$ 32.09 |
$ 66,740 |
| East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area |
1,000 |
15.13 |
3.42 |
$ 28.49 |
$ 59,250 |
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:
About May 2023 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: April 3, 2024
United States Department of Labor
