Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018
53-1048 First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of helpers, laborers, and material movers; or transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators and helpers.
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) |
| 411,060 |
0.6 % |
$27.95 |
$58,140 |
0.2 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$16.00 |
$19.83 |
$26.73 |
$34.27 |
$42.19 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$33,280 |
$41,260 |
$55,600 |
$71,280 |
$87,750 |
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Warehousing and Storage |
46,220 |
4.03 |
$28.07 |
$58,390 |
| Truck Transportation |
40,470 |
2.74 |
$29.37 |
$61,090 |
| Couriers and Express Delivery Services |
35,030 |
5.60 |
$26.48 |
$55,080 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) |
21,090 |
2.15 |
$28.44 |
$59,160 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only) |
20,090 |
1.44 |
$27.16 |
$56,490 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Couriers and Express Delivery Services |
35,030 |
5.60 |
$26.48 |
$55,080 |
| Support Activities for Water Transportation |
3,940 |
4.25 |
$33.31 |
$69,280 |
| Warehousing and Storage |
46,220 |
4.03 |
$28.07 |
$58,390 |
| Support Activities for Rail Transportation |
1,260 |
3.73 |
$30.03 |
$62,460 |
| Waste Collection |
6,200 |
3.45 |
$29.00 |
$60,330 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation: Top
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
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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) |
| California |
44,430 |
2.61 |
0.92 |
$28.68 |
$59,650 |
| Texas |
36,300 |
3.00 |
1.06 |
$29.09 |
$60,500 |
| New York |
21,560 |
2.30 |
0.81 |
$30.21 |
$62,830 |
| Florida |
20,380 |
2.37 |
0.83 |
$26.53 |
$55,170 |
| Pennsylvania |
19,850 |
3.39 |
1.20 |
$29.24 |
$60,820 |
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) |
| Tennessee |
12,510 |
4.23 |
1.49 |
$26.57 |
$55,270 |
| New Jersey |
16,360 |
4.04 |
1.42 |
$29.31 |
$60,960 |
| Louisiana |
7,620 |
3.98 |
1.40 |
$26.96 |
$56,080 |
| Kentucky |
7,520 |
3.98 |
1.40 |
$24.97 |
$51,930 |
| North Dakota |
1,650 |
3.97 |
1.40 |
$35.64 |
$74,120 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| North Dakota |
1,650 |
3.97 |
1.40 |
$35.64 |
$74,120 |
| Alaska |
790 |
2.52 |
0.89 |
$35.37 |
$73,570 |
| Wyoming |
1,020 |
3.78 |
1.33 |
$30.80 |
$64,060 |
| Washington |
10,310 |
3.16 |
1.11 |
$30.47 |
$63,390 |
| Montana |
1,370 |
2.96 |
1.04 |
$30.29 |
$63,010 |
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 |
26,370 |
2.78 |
0.98 |
$30.53 |
$63,490 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
16,050 |
2.62 |
0.92 |
$28.30 |
$58,850 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
11,860 |
2.56 |
0.90 |
$28.74 |
$59,780 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
11,690 |
3.28 |
1.15 |
$29.07 |
$60,460 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
10,330 |
3.85 |
1.36 |
$25.83 |
$53,730 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
9,190 |
3.08 |
1.08 |
$30.33 |
$63,090 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
8,700 |
3.05 |
1.08 |
$28.78 |
$59,850 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
7,310 |
4.90 |
1.72 |
$27.77 |
$57,770 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
7,020 |
2.71 |
0.95 |
$27.27 |
$56,710 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
6,880 |
2.19 |
0.77 |
$30.24 |
$62,890 |
United States Department of Labor
