First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers

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 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Occupational Employment Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2009

51-1011 First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating

Workers

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. Exclude team or work leaders.

National estimates for this occupation

Industry profile for this occupation

State profile for this occupation

Metropolitan area 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)

605,560 0.4 % $26.51 $55,150 0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%

(Median) 75% 90%

Hourly Wage $15.27 $19.27 $25.03 $32.11 $40.19

Annual Wage (2) $31,770 $40,070 $52,060 $66,790 $83,600

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 Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage

Plastics Product Manufacturing 25,230 $24.47 $50,900

Printing and Related Support Activities 23,470 $26.66 $55,460

Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 16,070 $26.49 $55,100

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Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut,

and Bolt Manufacturing 15,760 $28.14 $58,520

Architectural and Structural Metals Manufacturing 15,680 $25.39 $52,810

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage

Natural Gas Distribution 1,820 $38.97 $81,070

Electric Power Generation, Transmission and

Distribution 7,170 $36.97 $76,900

Oil and Gas Extraction 2,000 $35.33 $73,490

Coal Mining 740 $34.51 $71,770

Scientific Research and Development Services 1,550 $34.24 $71,220

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all States with

employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage

Employment

per thousand

workers

Indiana 22,100 $26.31 $54,730 7.928

Wisconsin 19,780 $26.49 $55,110 7.354

Alabama 12,960 $24.82 $51,630 6.955

Kansas 8,780 $24.81 $51,610 6.509

Kentucky 11,320 $24.06 $50,050 6.476

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage

Employment

per thousand

workers

Wyoming 1,280 $30.50 $63,430 4.529

Alaska 690 $30.41 $63,250 2.236

Washington 10,550 $30.26 $62,930 3.782

Connecticut 8,540 $29.80 $61,990 5.177

New Jersey 15,710 $29.09 $60,500 4.080

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Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all

Metropolitan areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage

Employment

per thousand

workers

Dalton, GA 1,400 $22.22 $46,210 20.907

Elkhart-Goshen, IN 1,820 $25.73 $53,520 18.265

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 1,920 $22.33 $46,440 13.336

Sheboygan, WI 750 $31.23 $64,960 12.865

Evansville, IN-KY 1,910 $26.42 $54,940 11.393

Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage

Employment

per thousand

workers

Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 360 $35.04 $72,880 4.492

Longview, WA 280 $34.68 $72,140 8.082

Fairbanks, AK 70 $34.38 $71,500 1.938

Flint, MI 490 $34.20 $71,150 3.687

Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 1,710 $33.97 $70,650 10.666

About May 2009 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas

in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is

available in the downloadable XLS files.

Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that

earn more. 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 mean 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.

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Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2009 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2009 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2009 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2009 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

List of Occupations in SOC Code Number Order

List of Occupations in Alphabetical Order

Download May 2009 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates in Zipped XLS files

Technical Notes

Last Modified Date: May 14, 2010

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