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First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Role Overview

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.

Salary by State (top paying)

State Median salary
Wyoming $88,060
Connecticut $82,800
Rhode Island $81,000
New Jersey $79,350
Colorado $78,420
Minnesota $78,170
Alaska $77,740
New Hampshire $77,720
Delaware $77,390
New York $77,210
Massachusetts $76,980
Louisiana $76,710
Washington $76,500
Maine $76,220
California $75,250

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See the Salary by State table above for state-level median wages from OEWS data.

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), BLS Employment Projections.

Median Annual Salary

$71,190

Projected Growth (10yr)

+1.2%

Avg. annual openings

67.7k

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