Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
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 this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 631,100 |
0.4 % |
$31.35 |
$65,220 |
0.2 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$17.66 |
$22.70 |
$29.48 |
$37.90 |
$48.17 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$36,740 |
$47,230 |
$61,310 |
$78,830 |
$100,200 |
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Plastics Product Manufacturing |
28,580 |
4.81 |
$28.97 |
$60,250 |
| Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only) |
25,760 |
3.42 |
$31.43 |
$65,380 |
| Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing |
24,000 |
3.98 |
$31.49 |
$65,500 |
| Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only) |
20,920 |
4.26 |
$30.75 |
$63,970 |
| Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only) |
20,270 |
4.18 |
$31.05 |
$64,590 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing |
6,930 |
6.18 |
$43.17 |
$89,780 |
| Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing |
180 |
6.18 |
$29.91 |
$62,210 |
| Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities |
7,680 |
5.45 |
$29.41 |
$61,170 |
| Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating Mills |
1,480 |
5.10 |
$28.97 |
$60,250 |
| Grain and Oilseed Milling |
3,090 |
5.10 |
$30.26 |
$62,940 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil |
390 |
3.29 |
$53.12 |
$110,480 |
| Natural Gas Distribution |
1,990 |
1.82 |
$50.77 |
$105,600 |
| Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution |
8,020 |
2.09 |
$47.80 |
$99,420 |
| Oil and Gas Extraction |
1,450 |
1.03 |
$45.06 |
$93,720 |
| Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing |
6,930 |
6.18 |
$43.17 |
$89,780 |
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Texas |
50,230 |
4.04 |
0.94 |
$33.03 |
$68,700 |
| California |
49,390 |
2.84 |
0.66 |
$33.31 |
$69,280 |
| Ohio |
32,460 |
5.96 |
1.39 |
$30.95 |
$64,370 |
| Michigan |
31,100 |
7.16 |
1.67 |
$31.90 |
$66,340 |
| Pennsylvania |
28,030 |
4.75 |
1.11 |
$30.09 |
$62,590 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Wisconsin |
24,910 |
8.68 |
2.02 |
$30.44 |
$63,320 |
| Indiana |
24,450 |
7.95 |
1.85 |
$30.24 |
$62,910 |
| Arkansas |
8,860 |
7.28 |
1.69 |
$26.19 |
$54,470 |
| Alabama |
14,250 |
7.22 |
1.68 |
$30.31 |
$63,050 |
| Michigan |
31,100 |
7.16 |
1.67 |
$31.90 |
$66,340 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
20,920 |
2.17 |
0.50 |
$34.47 |
$71,700 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
19,800 |
4.23 |
0.99 |
$30.98 |
$64,440 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
19,070 |
3.06 |
0.71 |
$32.12 |
$66,810 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
14,880 |
4.88 |
1.13 |
$37.04 |
$77,030 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
13,450 |
6.79 |
1.58 |
$34.10 |
$70,930 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
13,350 |
3.65 |
0.85 |
$31.34 |
$65,190 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
10,290 |
3.75 |
0.87 |
$30.71 |
$63,880 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
9,510 |
3.31 |
0.77 |
$34.17 |
$71,070 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
8,470 |
4.19 |
0.98 |
$37.15 |
$77,260 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
8,220 |
2.94 |
0.68 |
$34.63 |
$72,040 |
United States Department of Labor
