Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018

47-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
598,210	0.5 %	$33.91	$70,540	0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$20.11	$25.18	$31.36	$40.50	$50.83
Annual Wage (2)	$41,820	$52,380	$65,230	$84,240	$105,720

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

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)
Nonresidential Building Construction	95,420	11.80	$35.74	$74,340
Building Equipment Contractors	83,870	3.93	$36.06	$75,010
Residential Building Construction	68,600	8.81	$32.14	$66,850
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors	53,660	5.88	$31.20	$64,890
Other Specialty Trade Contractors	41,950	6.11	$31.59	$65,700

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Nonresidential Building Construction	95,420	11.80	$35.74	$74,340
Residential Building Construction	68,600	8.81	$32.14	$66,850
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	28,200	8.22	$34.29	$71,320
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	8,800	7.47	$33.14	$68,940
Utility System Construction	39,680	7.47	$33.94	$70,600

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	40	0.02	$47.38	$98,540
Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only)	130	0.04	$47.24	$98,270
Oil and Gas Extraction	4,470	3.17	$46.84	$97,430
Scientific Research and Development Services	380	0.06	$46.64	$97,010
Furniture Stores	40	0.02	$44.53	$92,620

Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

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	75,230	6.21	1.50	$33.13	$68,900
California	55,920	3.29	0.80	$39.65	$82,460
Florida	44,910	5.22	1.26	$29.96	$62,320
New York	28,370	3.02	0.73	$41.34	$85,990
North Carolina	26,120	5.96	1.44	$29.03	$60,390

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)
Wyoming	2,700	10.02	2.42	$36.16	$75,210
North Dakota	3,540	8.50	2.06	$38.84	$80,780
New Mexico	6,600	8.13	1.97	$31.43	$65,370
West Virginia	5,390	7.74	1.87	$34.62	$72,020
Louisiana	13,220	6.91	1.67	$31.75	$66,040

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Alaska	1,220	3.86	0.94	$45.78	$95,220
New York	28,370	3.02	0.73	$41.34	$85,990
Massachusetts	13,350	3.74	0.90	$41.16	$85,610
Illinois	10,340	1.73	0.42	$39.70	$82,570
California	55,920	3.29	0.80	$39.65	$82,460

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	23,610	2.49	0.60	$43.57	$90,630
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	22,270	7.47	1.81	$36.64	$76,210
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	18,910	3.09	0.75	$39.13	$81,400
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	17,850	5.00	1.21	$30.78	$64,010
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	14,150	4.51	1.09	$37.07	$77,100
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	11,680	5.69	1.38	$31.14	$64,760
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	11,130	4.30	1.04	$33.50	$69,690
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	10,170	3.79	0.92	$33.16	$68,960
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	10,010	3.63	0.88	$42.72	$88,850
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	9,650	4.86	1.18	$41.42	$86,140