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Pay by state · 54 states

First-Line Supervisor of Production and Operating Workers Salary by State (2026)

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers earn the most in Wyoming at $90,390 a year and the least in Puerto Rico at $45,100 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $74,450. All 54 states and territories with reported data are ranked below, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$90,390Wyoming
National median
$74,450BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$45,100Puerto Rico
States reporting
54of 54 OEWS areas

All states

First-Line Supervisor of Production and Operating Workers salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of first-line supervisors of production and operating workers OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
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1WYWyoming
$90,390
$64,690$125,8401,470$97,518
2CTConnecticut
$83,150
$62,890$103,5009,150$80,253
3RIRhode Island
$81,650
$62,920$103,5402,660$79,830
4NJNew Jersey
$81,110
$62,740$100,19015,040$74,546
5DCDistrict of Columbia
$80,030
$58,050$108,830350$72,820
6MAMassachusetts
$79,920
$64,090$98,94012,390$75,569
7NHNew Hampshire
$79,310
$64,160$98,0903,000$76,139
8WAWashington
$79,310
$63,510$98,69014,500$74,112
9DEDelaware
$79,100
$63,110$101,5301,450$79,252
10MEMaine
$78,970
$60,570$93,1602,970$81,370
11COColorado
$78,890
$61,570$100,7809,580$76,554
12NYNew York
$78,580
$61,970$97,85020,830$72,813
13MNMinnesota
$78,550
$64,090$93,34013,380$79,648
14MDMaryland
$78,520
$59,450$101,2906,100$74,810
15AKAlaska
$77,960
$51,930$107,1501,110$76,163
16LALouisiana
$77,520
$59,420$107,4009,350$87,884
17SCSouth Carolina
$77,500
$62,040$92,07014,570$82,668
18CACalifornia
$76,840
$59,400$98,90048,550$69,400
19NDNorth Dakota
$76,350
$60,690$89,3101,650$85,826
20VTVermont
$75,540
$59,750$86,8201,000$77,115
21AZArizona
$75,330
$59,490$90,7908,720$74,823
22ILIllinois
$75,200
$59,130$91,27029,640$75,232
23PAPennsylvania
$74,990
$59,820$84,95028,900$76,856
24WIWisconsin
$74,840
$60,790$84,23025,500$79,537
25IAIowa
$74,750
$60,460$83,13010,130$85,174
26KSKansas
$74,480
$60,320$85,5907,980$82,693
27VAVirginia
$74,150
$57,970$93,41013,530$73,340
28INIndiana
$73,950
$59,350$84,14026,870$79,236
29OROregon
$73,580
$58,960$87,7408,180$71,187
30MOMissouri
$73,210
$56,990$91,41015,430$80,613
31ALAlabama
$73,060
$57,300$93,77020,670$82,253
32SDSouth Dakota
$73,040
$62,220$82,0101,930$82,451
33KYKentucky
$72,490
$58,930$89,10013,820$80,402
34NENebraska
$72,200
$60,210$82,5206,040$80,131
35MIMichigan
$72,170
$57,410$82,90026,650$75,008
36OHOhio
$72,160
$59,090$82,25031,980$77,780
37HIHawaii
$71,990
$52,810$100,6201,500$65,475
38UTUtah
$71,220
$57,590$84,7809,040$72,038
39IDIdaho
$70,890
$57,430$82,8803,900$74,235
40TXTexas
$70,140
$51,990$90,16058,930$72,267
41OKOklahoma
$70,000
$54,750$88,7109,570$79,688
42NCNorth Carolina
$69,640
$56,790$83,18022,240$73,829
43GAGeorgia
$69,170
$56,350$85,09026,190$71,833
44WVWest Virginia
$68,990
$54,450$90,1803,120$77,086
45MTMontana
$68,760
$54,080$88,8201,860$72,650
46MSMississippi
$68,720
$54,110$84,6208,230$79,031
47NVNevada
$68,270
$52,880$86,5903,600$68,284
48TNTennessee
$65,310
$53,320$81,95018,960$71,090
49NMNew Mexico
$64,640
$49,390$93,3002,520$70,099
50FLFlorida
$63,950
$50,660$82,64027,710$61,839
51ARArkansas
$63,090
$50,950$78,40011,000$72,570
52GUGuam
$57,440
$35,500$90,730110N/A
53VIU.S. Virgin Islands
$57,190
$49,520$73,77060N/A
54PRPuerto Rico
$45,100
$35,840$66,6004,030N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers, that changes the ranking: Wyoming leads on raw pay at $90,390, while Wyoming leads once prices are taken into account at $97,518.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

First-Line Supervisor of Production and Operating Workers pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers the most?

Wyoming reports the highest median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers at $90,390 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Connecticut ($83,150) and Rhode Island ($81,650).

Which state pays First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers the least?

Puerto Rico reports the lowest median for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers at $45,100 a year, $45,290 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

Where do First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers earn the most after cost of living?

Dividing each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity puts Wyoming first at $97,518 in national-average dollars, from a raw median of $90,390. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.

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