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# First-Line Supervisor of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

**Category:** Installation, Maintenance, and Repair · **SOC code:** 49-1011 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 49-1011.00

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers. May also advise customers on recommended services. Excludes team or work leaders.

Also advertised as: Electrical and Instrumentation Supervisor (E and I Supervisor); Facilities Maintenance Supervisor; Facility Maintenance Supervisor; Maintenance Coordinator; Maintenance Foreman; Maintenance Manager; Maintenance Planner; Maintenance Superintendent.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $79,860 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $38.39/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $49,600 to $126,790, with the middle half between $62,690 and $101,360
- **Total US employment:** 617,500
- **Typical entry education:** High school
- **Preparation required:** Some preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +4.1% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 48,900 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 54/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 617,500 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $49,600 |
| 25th | $62,690 |
| 50th (median) | $79,860 |
| 75th | $101,360 |
| 90th | $126,790 |
| Mean (average) | $85,220 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AK | $98,110 | $95,849 | 2,720 |
| WA | $94,420 | $88,232 | 14,680 |
| CT | $94,050 | $90,773 | 6,230 |
| CA | $93,660 | $84,592 | 51,670 |
| NJ | $92,680 | $85,180 | 14,930 |
| MA | $92,250 | $87,228 | 12,140 |
| NY | $91,150 | $84,460 | 26,930 |
| ND | $90,600 | $101,845 | 1,920 |
| NH | $87,560 | $84,059 | 3,360 |
| HI | $87,550 | $79,626 | 3,380 |
| WY | $87,460 | $94,357 | 2,030 |
| MN | $87,160 | $88,379 | 9,110 |
| OR | $86,970 | $84,142 | 7,120 |
| DC | $83,460 | $75,941 | 1,260 |
| CO | $83,260 | $80,794 | 13,590 |

39 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 54 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-mechanics-installers-and-repairers/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-mechanics-installers-and-repairers.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 629,000 in the 2025–2035 base year to 654,500 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 25,500 jobs, or +4.1%. About as fast as average: 4.1% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 48,900 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** High school diploma or equivalent (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Some preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** Less than 5 years.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 54.2% |
| Some College Courses | 16.9% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 13.1% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 7.6% |
| Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | 3.2% |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 3.1% |

## What the work involves

- Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.
- Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies.
- Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
- Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
- Examine objects, systems, or facilities and analyze information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs.
- Conduct or arrange for worker training in safety, repair, or maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use.
- Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions.
- Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as hires, promotions, transfers, discharges, or disciplinary measures.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Monitoring — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Management of Personnel Resources — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Quality Control Analysis — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operations Monitoring — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Analysis — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Administration and Management — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mechanical — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Customer and Personal Service — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administrative — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Personnel and Human Resources — importance 3.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 3.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Deductive Reasoning — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Inductive Reasoning — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Near Vision — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Enterprising (E), Conventional (C), Realistic (R).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| E — Enterprising | 5.99 |
| C — Conventional | 4.75 |
| R — Realistic | 4.13 |
| S — Social | 3.56 |
| I — Investigative | 1.73 |
| A — Artistic | 1.01 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ESTJ | 86.4 |
| ESFJ | 83.8 |
| ISFJ | 69.3 |
| ISTJ | 67.2 |
| ESTP | 63.6 |

Best-fitting types: ESTJ, ESFJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [First-Line Supervisor of Production and Operating Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-production-and-operating-workers) — median $74,450
- [First-Line Supervisor of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-construction-trades-and-extraction-workers) — median $79,920
- [First-Line Supervisor of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-helpers-laborers-and-material-movers-hand) — median $62,840
- [First-Line Supervisor of Passenger Attendants](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-passenger-attendants) — median $62,840
- [First-Line Supervisor of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-material-moving-machine-and-vehicle-operators) — median $62,840
- [First-Line Supervisor of Office and Administrative Support Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-office-and-administrative-support-workers) — median $69,500
- [First-Line Supervisor of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-housekeeping-and-janitorial-workers) — median $49,100
- [First-Line Supervisor of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-entertainment-and-recreation-workers) — median $48,560
- [First-Line Supervisor of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-farming-fishing-and-forestry-workers) — median $59,320
- [First-Line Supervisor of Non-Retail Sales Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-non-retail-sales-workers) — median $87,520

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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