Highest-paying Cities for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of first-line supervisors of production and operating workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $126,890, Los Alamos County, New Mexico is the highest paying city for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers. It is followed by West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota (average annual salary $102,120). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of first-line supervisors of production and operating workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$126,890	$95,950	60
2	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$102,120	$49,090	330
3	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$102,000	$46,090	370
4	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$101,160	$46,010	560
5	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$97,040	$47,870	570
6	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$92,830	$54,500	520
7	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$92,060	$47,920	170
8	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$91,000	$28,590	120
9	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$89,300	$47,510	820
10	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$89,100	$36,160	190
11	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$88,760	$46,650	640
12	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$85,640	$40,790	60
13	Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$85,280	$45,790	100
14	Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$85,070	$38,200	50
15	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$84,880	$49,920	3,550
16	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$83,930	$50,470	260
17	Midland, Texas	$83,560	$44,010	560
18	Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$82,730	$43,160	210
19	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$82,400	$45,060	1,990
20	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$81,600	$43,400	630
21	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$81,290	$41,100	990
22	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$81,090	$37,240	200
23	Longview, Washington	$80,560	$50,150	390
24	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$80,470	$38,930	490
25	Napa, California	$80,390	$48,480	320
26	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$79,610	$47,470	1,380
27	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$79,610	$43,900	1,420
28	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$79,310	$42,760	250
29	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$78,810	$49,850	510
30	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$78,740	$36,110	190
31	Bismarck, North Dakota	$78,170	$50,390	230
32	Greeley, Colorado	$78,010	$45,770	680
33	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$78,000	$46,290	1,310
34	Corpus Christi, Texas	$77,830	$40,470	850
35	Weirton-Steubenville, West Virginia	$77,760	$48,170	280
36	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$77,630	$48,150	250
37	Casper, Wyoming	$77,570	$47,940	230
38	Pueblo, Colorado	$77,440	$42,570	310
39	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$77,350	$47,150	200
40	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$77,160	$47,650	5,680
41	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$77,000	$40,440	250
42	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$76,880	$46,530	19,370
43	Owensboro, Kentucky	$76,850	$50,210	560
44	Kokomo, Indiana	$76,670	$46,680	290
45	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$76,350	$43,370	3,240
46	Fairbanks, Alaska	$76,230	$44,010	80
47	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$75,940	$45,880	480
48	Savannah, Georgia	$75,820	$42,640	970
49	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$75,630	$48,530	430
50	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$75,540	$44,100	2,870
51	Wilmington, New Jersey	$75,400	$45,210	1,060
52	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$75,030	$49,210	6,930
53	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$74,930	$35,560	380
54	Morgantown, West Virginia	$74,800	$39,840	210
55	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$74,760	$41,510	3,860
56	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$74,730	$40,950	6,960
57	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$74,640	$44,320	540
58	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$74,580	$46,550	750
59	Bloomington, Indiana	$74,410	$44,410	450
60	Lewiston, Washington	$74,340	$45,830	200
61	St Joseph, Missouri	$74,300	$48,630	540
62	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$74,270	$46,630	8,140
63	Bloomington, Illinois	$74,250	$37,560	290
64	Midland, Michigan	$74,010	$47,460	170
65	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$73,780	$43,260	190
66	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$73,600	$45,450	3,330
67	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$73,440	$45,820	9,330
68	Pascagoula, Mississippi	$73,090	$50,020	530
69	Merced, California	$73,080	$39,690	340
70	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$73,080	$38,350	170
71	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$72,900	$39,690	250
72	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$72,660	$44,640	1,800
73	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$72,520	$41,790	4,160
74	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$72,510	$43,410	1,610
75	Waterbury, Connecticut	$72,330	$43,890	410
76	Greenville, North Carolina	$72,200	$41,640	330
77	Mobile, Alabama	$72,040	$43,530	1,320
78	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$72,040	$44,810	1,520
79	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$71,990	$35,770	550
80	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$71,980	$41,700	200
81	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$71,950	$47,290	660
82	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$71,770	$41,170	2,090
83	Corvallis, Oregon	$71,600	$39,910	110
84	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$71,200	$35,610	340
85	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$71,000	$44,260	2,110
86	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$70,980	$44,810	1,430
87	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$70,930	$45,480	220
88	Bay City, Michigan	$70,700	$41,700	220
89	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$70,680	$38,140	1,630
90	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$70,400	$38,930	5,150
91	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$70,390	$39,200	16,180
92	Manchester, New Hampshire	$70,300	$48,940	380
93	Hammond nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$70,010	$40,160	50
94	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$69,990	$40,160	360
95	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$69,970	$43,140	3,840
96	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$69,720	$39,380	3,850
97	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$69,620	$44,880	670
98	Ithaca, New York	$69,550	$52,960	100
99	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$69,280	$45,410	860
100	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$69,220	$38,380	780

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