February 02, 2011

It pays to be the boss—supervisory wages in 2009

Team leader and supervisory civilian workers, mean annual earnings, selected management occupations, 2009
Occupation and supervisory hierarchy	Mean annual earnings
Management occupations
Team leader	$75,485
First line	$84,460
Second line	$118,880
Third line	$208,510
General and operations managers
Team leader	$72,143
First line	$87,179
Second line	$122,284
Third line	$234,453
Financial managers
Team leader	$74,588
First line	$88,316
Second line	$120,811
Third line	$273,767
Engineering managers
Team leader	$106,833
First line	$117,756
Second line	$131,074
Third line	$160,554

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