Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

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)
599,900	0.4 %	$ 32.12	$ 66,800	0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 18.27	$ 23.32	$ 30.22	$ 38.83	$ 49.28
Annual Wage (2)	$ 37,990	$ 48,500	$ 62,850	$ 80,770	$ 102,510

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. For a list of all industries with employment in First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

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	27,120	4.83	$ 29.73	$ 61,850
Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only)	24,650	3.42	$ 31.96	$ 66,480
Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only)	21,160	0.73	$ 24.50	$ 50,950
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only)	20,090	4.25	$ 31.38	$ 65,260
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only)	19,020	4.21	$ 31.95	$ 66,450

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)
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	7,090	6.52	$ 43.93	$ 91,380
Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing	170	6.08	$ 28.72	$ 59,740
Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities	7,370	5.61	$ 30.17	$ 62,750
Fabric Mills	2,540	5.50	$ 29.14	$ 60,600
Tobacco Manufacturing	520	5.26	$ 36.28	$ 75,470

Top paying industries for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil	430	3.52	$ 55.58	$ 115,600
Natural Gas Distribution	1,970	1.83	$ 51.05	$ 106,180
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	8,080	2.13	$ 49.45	$ 102,850
Oil and Gas Extraction	1,290	1.04	$ 47.64	$ 99,100
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	7,090	6.52	$ 43.93	$ 91,380

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	49,180	4.06	0.94	$ 33.77	$ 70,250
California	46,230	2.81	0.65	$ 33.86	$ 70,430
Ohio	30,070	5.85	1.36	$ 31.68	$ 65,900
Michigan	27,700	7.06	1.64	$ 32.63	$ 67,870
Illinois	26,390	4.69	1.09	$ 31.82	$ 66,180

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	23,630	8.72	2.02	$ 31.26	$ 65,030
Alabama	14,500	7.62	1.77	$ 31.56	$ 65,640
Indiana	21,910	7.51	1.74	$ 30.61	$ 63,680
Arkansas	8,820	7.49	1.74	$ 27.95	$ 58,140
Michigan	27,700	7.06	1.64	$ 32.63	$ 67,870

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	280	0.40	0.09	$ 41.56	$ 86,440
Wyoming	1,280	4.89	1.13	$ 41.38	$ 86,060
Louisiana	9,410	5.23	1.21	$ 37.89	$ 78,800
Connecticut	8,350	5.42	1.26	$ 37.50	$ 78,000
Rhode Island	2,100	4.75	1.10	$ 37.18	$ 77,340

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	19,510	4.47	1.04	$ 32.55	$ 67,690
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	19,140	2.17	0.50	$ 35.93	$ 74,720
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	17,180	2.95	0.68	$ 32.81	$ 68,250
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	14,690	4.95	1.15	$ 37.65	$ 78,300
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	13,290	3.70	0.86	$ 32.10	$ 66,770
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	11,630	6.54	1.52	$ 34.80	$ 72,370
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	10,340	3.93	0.91	$ 30.82	$ 64,110
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	9,350	3.47	0.80	$ 35.32	$ 73,470
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	7,670	2.95	0.68	$ 36.22	$ 75,350
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	7,340	3.97	0.92	$ 33.72	$ 70,130

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	2,400	19.08	4.42	$ 29.39	$ 61,120
Dalton, GA	1,110	18.53	4.30	$ 25.58	$ 53,210
Decatur, IL	700	15.83	3.67	$ 30.20	$ 62,810
Sheboygan, WI	890	15.40	3.57	$ 31.49	$ 65,490
Jackson, MI	710	15.20	3.52	$ 29.06	$ 60,440
Wausau, WI	890	13.00	3.02	$ 29.95	$ 62,290
Decatur, AL	640	11.88	2.75	$ 35.35	$ 73,530
Kankakee, IL	500	11.69	2.71	$ 30.53	$ 63,500
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	1,690	11.68	2.71	$ 27.74	$ 57,710
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	1,040	11.40	2.64	$ 32.51	$ 67,620