First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers · SOC 51-1011

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Salary in the Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.

Median annual wage$75,300
Median hourly wage$36.20

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in the Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $75,300 per year ($36.20 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,630 at the 10th percentile to $100,740 at the 90th. BLS estimates 390 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in the Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area earn more than $75,300 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $61,250 and $85,900.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$48,630$61,250$75,300$85,900$100,740
Hourly$23.38$29.45$36.20$41.30$48.43

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

  • Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
    $75,300 median for Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $61,250 to $85,900
  • $77,500 median for South Carolina; middle half earns $62,040 to $92,070
  • $74,450 median for United States; middle half earns $58,630 to $91,680

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

The median here is −3% vs South Carolina overall and +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Other metro areas in South Carolina

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

  • Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan areathis page
    $75,300 median for Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $61,250 to $85,900
  • $92,070 median for Spartanburg metro area; middle half earns $71,270 to $92,070
  • $79,990 median for Charleston metro area; middle half earns $63,260 to $94,030
  • $76,650 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $61,400 to $92,420
  • $76,420 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $61,490 to $92,180
  • $75,370 median for Hilton Head Island metro area; middle half earns $54,150 to $90,410
  • $72,690 median for Sumter metro area; middle half earns $64,080 to $85,650

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

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

Highest-paying metro areas for first-line supervisors of production and operating workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area

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.