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First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers · SOC 39-1022

First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$53,740
Median hourly wage$25.84

First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $53,740 per year ($25.84 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,010 at the 10th percentile to $83,370 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,340 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in the Boston metro area earn more than $53,740 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $45,220 and $72,520.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$37,010$45,220$53,740$72,520$83,370
Hourly$17.79$21.74$25.84$34.87$40.08

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $53,740
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $53,740
  • United Statesnational
    $48,590

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs Massachusetts overall and +11% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$24,130$40,033$55,937$71,840Ponce, PR — $24,130San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $31,550Cheyenne, WY — $32,660Hammond, LA — $33,670Merced, CA — $34,630Lawton, OK — $35,100Albany, GA — $35,160Fort Smith, AR-OK — $35,230Monroe, LA — $35,260Hot Springs, AR — $35,600Dothan, AL — $36,300Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $36,450Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $36,500Wichita Falls, TX — $36,520Longview, TX — $36,700Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $36,760Tulsa, OK — $36,950Alexandria, LA — $37,020Dubuque, IA — $37,130Hattiesburg, MS — $37,130Lake Charles, LA — $37,350Peoria, IL — $37,440Waco, TX — $37,500Flint, MI — $37,570Oklahoma City, OK — $37,580Toledo, OH — $37,750Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $37,770Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $37,820Canton-Massillon, OH — $37,840Laredo, TX — $37,980Youngstown-Warren, OH — $38,050Lafayette, LA — $38,080Jonesboro, AR — $38,240Pocatello, ID — $38,330Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $38,340Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,490Niles, MI — $38,540Columbus, GA-AL — $38,580Ogden, UT — $38,590Jackson, MS — $38,770Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $38,920Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $39,260Sumter, SC — $39,270Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $39,520Winston-Salem, NC — $39,770Joplin, MO-KS — $40,020Fayetteville, NC — $40,180Lubbock, TX — $40,200Amarillo, TX — $40,210Tyler, TX — $40,260Saginaw, MI — $40,360Reno, NV — $40,370Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $40,470Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $40,490Charleston, WV — $40,620Terre Haute, IN — $40,730Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $40,770Jacksonville, FL — $40,900Gainesville, FL — $41,160Baton Rouge, LA — $41,240El Paso, TX — $41,340Bowling Green, KY — $41,600Carson City, NV — $41,600Cleveland, OH — $41,600Glens Falls, NY — $41,600Warner Robins, GA — $41,680Auburn-Opelika, AL — $41,740Lynchburg, VA — $41,930Columbia, MO — $41,990St. George, UT — $42,020Columbus, OH — $42,050College Station-Bryan, TX — $42,070Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $42,130Gainesville, GA — $42,250Abilene, TX — $42,340San Angelo, TX — $42,370Jackson, TN — $42,430Fond du Lac, WI — $42,450Eau Claire, WI — $42,580Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $42,600Roanoke, VA — $42,610Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $42,700Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $42,740Columbia, SC — $42,770New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $42,780Dover, DE — $42,810Springfield, MO — $42,810Birmingham, AL — $42,860San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $42,870Savannah, GA — $42,930Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $43,060Montgomery, AL — $43,230Winchester, VA-WV — $43,230Burlington, NC — $43,560St. Joseph, MO-KS — $43,620Clarksville, TN-KY — $43,760Chattanooga, TN-GA — $43,840Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $43,890Ocala, FL — $43,890Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $43,950Johnson City, TN — $43,990Knoxville, TN — $43,990Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $44,020Cedar Rapids, IA — $44,140Tucson, AZ — $44,190Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $44,210Tuscaloosa, AL — $44,230Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $44,280Midland, TX — $44,350Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $44,380Wausau, WI — $44,520Lexington-Fayette, KY — $44,550Iowa City, IA — $44,580Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $44,610Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $44,630Killeen-Temple, TX — $44,680Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,720Spartanburg, SC — $44,800Port St. Lucie, FL — $44,810Johnstown, PA — $44,870Duluth, MN-WI — $44,990Omaha, NE-IA — $44,990Tallahassee, FL — $45,080Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $45,110Springfield, IL — $45,110Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $45,180Rockford, IL — $45,220Raleigh-Cary, NC — $45,290Wichita, KS — $45,410Wilmington, NC — $45,410Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,420Green Bay, WI — $45,420Erie, PA — $45,540Macon-Bibb County, GA — $45,550Kenosha, WI — $45,620Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,630Idaho Falls, ID — $45,660Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $45,730Florence, SC — $45,760Fort Wayne, IN — $45,860Akron, OH — $45,890Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $45,890St. Louis, MO-IL — $45,940Janesville-Beloit, WI — $45,990Mobile, AL — $46,070Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $46,080Kansas City, MO-KS — $46,090Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $46,250Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $46,270Cleveland, TN — $46,350Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,350Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $46,360Altoona, PA — $46,400McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $46,410Asheville, NC — $46,490Billings, MT — $46,550Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $46,590Muncie, IN — $46,650Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $46,700Jefferson City, MO — $46,720Punta Gorda, FL — $46,760Ann Arbor, MI — $46,790La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $46,790Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $46,860Fargo, ND-MN — $46,880Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $46,920Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $47,050Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,060Evansville, IN — $47,060Charlottesville, VA — $47,080Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $47,120Appleton, WI — $47,130Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $47,160Boise City, ID — $47,180Twin Falls, ID — $47,180Gettysburg, PA — $47,190Williamsport, PA — $47,200Greenville, NC — $47,240York-Hanover, PA — $47,280Madison, WI — $47,310Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $47,350Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $47,390Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $47,400Corpus Christi, TX — $47,400Bangor, ME — $47,410Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $47,440Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $47,470Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $47,480Huntsville, AL — $47,480North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $47,490Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $47,490Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $47,500Chambersburg, PA — $47,510Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $47,540Pittsburgh, PA — $47,570Lincoln, NE — $47,770Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $47,790Manchester-Nashua, NH — $47,830Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $47,980Casper, WY — $48,090Jacksonville, NC — $48,100Sheboygan, WI — $48,100Lebanon, PA — $48,230Rochester, MN — $48,240Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $48,250Grand Junction, CO — $48,270Albuquerque, NM — $48,280Binghamton, NY — $48,290Colorado Springs, CO — $48,300Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,380Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $48,510Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $48,520Grand Forks, ND-MN — $48,630Bismarck, ND — $48,670New Haven, CT — $48,670Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $48,730Kingston, NY — $48,840Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $48,990State College, PA — $49,000Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $49,010St. Cloud, MN — $49,050Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $49,090Reading, PA — $49,150Anchorage, AK — $49,230Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $49,240Harrisonburg, VA — $49,300Springfield, MA — $49,300Eugene-Springfield, OR — $49,480Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $49,510Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $49,560San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $49,570Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $49,580Utica-Rome, NY — $49,920Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $49,960South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $50,030Richmond, VA — $50,060Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $50,090Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $50,090Pueblo, CO — $50,090Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $50,220Missoula, MT — $50,290Greeley, CO — $50,460Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $50,640Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $50,760Las Cruces, NM — $50,870Helena, MT — $50,920Rapid City, SD — $50,990Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $51,160Bend, OR — $51,290Odessa, TX — $51,520Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $51,560Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $51,590Syracuse, NY — $51,660Pittsfield, MA — $51,700Corvallis, OR — $51,760Salisbury, MD — $51,840Stockton-Lodi, CA — $51,890Lancaster, PA — $51,930Bloomington, IN — $52,320Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $52,410Mankato, MN — $52,450Urban Honolulu, HI — $52,510Coeur d'Alene, ID — $52,580Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $52,580Fresno, CA — $53,150Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $53,310Lexington Park, MD — $53,570Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $53,740Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $53,760Rochester, NY — $54,060Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $54,350Santa Fe, NM — $54,570Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $54,650Bozeman, MT — $54,900Medford, OR — $55,610Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $55,640Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $55,710Chico, CA — $55,850Naples-Marco Island, FL — $55,920Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $56,150Barnstable Town, MA — $56,220Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $56,280San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $56,350Portland-South Portland, ME — $56,670Boulder, CO — $57,130Champaign-Urbana, IL — $57,180Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $57,190Modesto, CA — $57,220Salinas, CA — $57,360Albany, OR — $57,570Worcester, MA — $57,760Redding, CA — $58,000Vallejo, CA — $58,240Kennewick-Richland, WA — $58,630Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $58,690Yakima, WA — $58,690Salem, OR — $58,710New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $58,720El Centro, CA — $58,840Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $59,050Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $59,130Fairbanks-College, AK — $59,240Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $59,350Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $59,610Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $59,680Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $59,790Visalia, CA — $60,040Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $60,080Grants Pass, OR — $60,310San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $60,510Napa, CA — $61,000Ithaca, NY — $61,140Vineland, NJ — $61,860Bellingham, WA — $61,990Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $63,560Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $63,900San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $64,490Athens-Clarke County, GA — $71,840

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boston metro area has the 51st-highest published median for this occupation among the 318 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for first-line supervisors of personal service workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boston metro areathis page
    $53,740
  • Worcester metro area
    $57,760
  • Barnstable Town metro area
    $56,220
  • Pittsfield metro area
    $51,700
  • Springfield metro area
    $49,300
  • Amherst Town metro area
    $47,350

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Childcare Workers$41,590Recreation Workers$38,770Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$37,430Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$65,190Animal Caretakers$39,850Manicurists and Pedicurists$35,480

Highest-paying metro areas for first-line supervisors of personal service workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.