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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

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:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Wyoming 1,310 4.77 1.11 $40.41 $84,040
District of Columbia 290 0.39 0.09 $39.65 $82,460
Connecticut 8,530 5.12 1.19 $37.61 $78,240
Rhode Island 2,390 4.94 1.15 $36.31 $75,520
Louisiana 9,760 5.08 1.18 $35.75 $74,360





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




Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 2,770 20.24 4.71 $30.87 $64,210
Dalton, GA 1,020 15.92 3.70 $27.12 $56,400
Sheboygan, WI 850 14.14 3.29 $30.70 $63,860
Wausau, WI 970 13.70 3.19 $28.86 $60,020
Morristown, TN 590 13.11 3.05 $26.33 $54,760
Jackson, MI 710 12.64 2.94 $28.05 $58,350
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 1,170 12.31 2.86 $31.46 $65,430
Decatur, AL 660 11.97 2.79 $33.80 $70,310
Columbus, IN 610 11.92 2.77 $34.70 $72,170
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 1,800 11.72 2.73 $26.87 $55,880




Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 1,430 8.86 2.06 $48.25 $100,350
Longview, WA 330 8.68 2.02 $46.42 $96,560
Baton Rouge, LA 2,220 5.61 1.31 $45.87 $95,410
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI 720 5.55 1.29 $45.64 $94,920
Anchorage, AK 230 1.31 0.30 $43.90 $91,310
Casper, WY 210 5.34 1.24 $43.17 $89,790
Midland, MI 190 5.65 1.31 $42.41 $88,200
Pueblo, CO 250 4.01 0.93 $41.83 $87,020
Corpus Christi, TX 810 4.26 0.99 $40.02 $83,230
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 480 5.34 1.24 $40.02 $83,230

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area 3,820 17.56 4.09 $28.27 $58,800
North Northeastern Ohio non-metropolitan area (non-contiguous) 3,430 10.28 2.39 $28.91 $60,120
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area 3,200 12.45 2.90 $29.94 $62,270
Kansas nonmetropolitan area 3,040 7.70 1.79 $28.88 $60,060
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area 2,830 10.37 2.41 $28.35 $58,970

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area 3,820 17.56 4.09 $28.27 $58,800
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area 2,300 15.65 3.64 $28.09 $58,430
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area 940 13.77 3.20 $25.70 $53,460
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area 1,380 12.71 2.96 $26.43 $54,970
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area 3,200 12.45 2.90 $29.94 $62,270

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area 620 6.17 1.44 $41.36 $86,020
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area 260 3.33 0.78 $41.01 $85,310
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area 230 1.84 0.43 $39.09 $81,300
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area 440 3.51 0.82 $38.99 $81,100
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area 390 4.58 1.07 $38.49 $80,050


About May 2019 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate--50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2019 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

 

Last Modified Date: July 6, 2020