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title: "Frac Supervisor"
description: "Leads a hydraulic fracturing crew at the wellsite, running the pumps, blenders and sand equipment that fracture shale rock under high pressure."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/frac-supervisor"
last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Frac Supervisor

**Category:** Construction and Extraction · **SOC code:** 47-1011 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 47-1011.00

Leads a hydraulic fracturing crew at the wellsite, running the pumps, blenders and sand equipment that fracture shale rock under high pressure.

Also advertised as: Frac Crew Supervisor; Frac Service Supervisor; Hydraulic Fracturing Supervisor; Frac Field Supervisor; Frac Crew Leader.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $79,920 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $38.42/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $53,280 to $128,260, with the middle half between $63,400 and $101,460
- **Total US employment:** 812,210
- **Typical entry education:** High school
- **Preparation required:** Some preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +5.0% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 67,000 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 62/100 — 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 812,210 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $53,280 |
| 25th | $63,400 |
| 50th (median) | $79,920 |
| 75th | $101,460 |
| 90th | $128,260 |
| Mean (average) | $86,450 |

### 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WA | $109,570 | $102,389 | 19,550 |
| IL | $105,750 | $105,794 | 19,340 |
| NJ | $105,510 | $96,972 | 16,230 |
| OR | $103,070 | $99,718 | 7,890 |
| HI | $102,630 | $93,342 | 2,890 |
| AK | $102,140 | $99,786 | 2,690 |
| RI | $98,590 | $96,392 | 2,060 |
| MA | $97,850 | $92,523 | 18,330 |
| CA | $97,680 | $88,223 | 71,750 |
| MN | $97,610 | $98,975 | 13,580 |
| NY | $95,700 | $88,676 | 29,600 |
| CT | $92,260 | $89,045 | 6,980 |
| MO | $87,520 | $96,370 | 13,330 |
| DC | $86,520 | $78,725 | 1,420 |
| WI | $85,350 | $90,706 | 15,150 |

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

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 913,300 in the 2025–2035 base year to 959,400 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 46,100 jobs, or +5.0%. Faster than average: 5.0% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 67,000 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:** 5 years or more.
- **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 |
| --- | --- |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 27.0% |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 22.0% |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 20.8% |
| Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | 11.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 10.5% |
| Some College Courses | 7.8% |

## What the work involves

- Direct crews rigging up pumps, blenders and high-pressure lines
- Oversee pumping of each fracturing stage
- Run safety meetings and pressure test checks
- Respond to equipment failures and pressure events
- Coordinate with the operator's company representative and wireline crew
- Track sand, water and chemical inventories on location
- Complete job reports and crew timesheets
- Schedule equipment maintenance between stages

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Active Listening — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.4 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
- Active Learning — 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.

- Coordination — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Management of Personnel Resources — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Negotiation — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Administration and Management — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Building and Construction — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mechanical — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Customer and Personal Service — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Design — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Information Ordering — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Near Vision — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Deductive Reasoning — importance 3.4 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 | 6.00 |
| C — Conventional | 4.95 |
| R — Realistic | 4.89 |
| S — Social | 2.92 |
| I — Investigative | 1.90 |
| A — Artistic | 1.00 |

### 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 | 87.6 |
| ESFJ | 77.4 |
| ISTJ | 73.8 |
| ISFJ | 68.3 |
| ESTP | 67.5 |

Best-fitting types: ESTJ.

## Related occupations

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

- [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 Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-mechanics-installers-and-repairers) — median $79,860
- [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 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 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 Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-landscaping-lawn-service-and-groundskeeping-workers) — median $58,430
- [Solar Energy Installation Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/solar-energy-installation-manager) — median $79,920
- [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 Passenger Attendants](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-passenger-attendants) — median $62,840
- [Construction and Building Inspector](https://nuecareer.com/careers/construction-and-building-inspector) — median $74,690

## 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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