First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers · SOC 51-1011
Highest-Paying Metro Areas for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workerss
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas
Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Top 25 of 392 metro areas
| # | Metro area | Median annual | Employment | Per 1,000 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $115,340 | 500 | 5.3 |
| 2 | Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $105,690 | 1,000 | 7.9 |
| 3 | Lexington Park, MD | $99,980 | 130 | 1.9 |
| 4 | Baton Rouge, LA | $95,810 | 2,270 | 5.5 |
| 5 | Lake Charles, LA | $92,560 | 750 | 7.4 |
| 6 | Spartanburg, SC | $92,070 | 2,380 | 14.4 |
| 7 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $91,500 | 5,050 | 2.1 |
| 8 | Decatur, IL | $91,450 | 350 | 7.7 |
| 9 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $89,970 | 2,440 | 2.2 |
| 10 | Paducah, KY-IL | $87,030 | 290 | 5.8 |
| 11 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $87,000 | 1,410 | 3.1 |
| 12 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $85,650 | 70 | 2.0 |
| 13 | Boulder, CO | $84,880 | 950 | 4.9 |
| 14 | Decatur, AL | $84,270 | 950 | 15.5 |
| 15 | Greenville, NC | $84,260 | 300 | 3.7 |
| 16 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $84,160 | 3,880 | 6.5 |
| 17 | Hanford-Corcoran, CA | $84,010 | 240 | 5.0 |
| 18 | Kokomo, IN | $83,500 | 260 | 7.2 |
| 19 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $82,990 | 1,570 | 3.9 |
| 20 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $82,740 | 1,550 | 5.4 |
| 21 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $82,660 | 8,060 | 3.0 |
| 22 | Billings, MT | $82,280 | 410 | 4.3 |
| 23 | Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | $82,170 | 670 | 8.9 |
| 24 | Longview-Kelso, WA | $82,060 | 440 | 10.7 |
| 25 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $81,790 | 19,220 | 2.0 |
Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers overview.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.