First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers salary
SOC 39-1022 · BLS OEWS May 2025
What the range looks like
A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.
- 10th
- $34,010
- 25th
- $39,050
- Median
- $48,590
- 75th
- $61,100
- 90th
- $75,330
Getting in
- Typical education to enter
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Related work experience
- Less than 5 years
- On-the-job training
- None
Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.
Where first-line supervisors of personal service workers earn the most
Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | State | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhode Island | $60,680 | 102.3 | 460 | 1.25× |
| 2 | Washington | $59,980 | 107.0 | 1,440 | 0.55× |
| 3 | New York | $58,900 | 107.9 | 8,580 | 1.21× |
| 4 | Vermont | $58,490 | 98.0 | 200 | 0.91× |
| 5 | Oregon | $58,240 | 103.4 | 2,300 | 1.59× |
| 6 | District of Columbia | $56,670 | 109.9 | 260 | 0.51× |
| 7 | California | $56,110 | 110.7 | 9,390 | 0.70× |
| 8 | Hawaii | $54,950 | 110.0 | 740 | 1.61× |
| 9 | Colorado | $54,530 | 103.1 | 3,160 | 1.50× |
| 10 | New Jersey | $54,330 | 108.8 | 4,640 | 1.47× |
| 11 | Massachusetts | $53,740 | 105.8 | 1,600 | 0.60× |
| 12 | Maine | $52,780 | 97.0 | 410 | 0.88× |
| 13 | Connecticut | $52,720 | 103.6 | 1,740 | 1.39× |
| 14 | Maryland | $51,510 | 105.0 | 4,010 | 1.98× |
| 15 | Minnesota | $51,160 | 98.6 | 2,530 | 1.17× |
| 16 | New Hampshire | $50,580 | 104.2 | 670 | 1.34× |
| 17 | North Dakota | $50,390 | 89.0 | 360 | 1.14× |
| 18 | South Dakota | $49,860 | 88.6 | 340 | 1.02× |
| 19 | Alaska | $49,380 | 102.4 | 330 | 1.36× |
| 20 | Illinois | $49,150 | 100.0 | 2,670 | 0.60× |
| 21 | New Mexico | $49,100 | 92.2 | 580 | 0.91× |
| 22 | Virginia | $48,990 | 101.1 | 2,950 | 0.98× |
| 23 | Delaware | $48,940 | 99.8 | 340 | 0.96× |
| 24 | Indiana | $48,590 | 93.3 | 1,950 | 0.83× |
| 25 | Montana | $48,320 | 94.6 | 360 | 0.97× |
| 26 | Pennsylvania | $47,990 | 97.6 | 8,980 | 2.02× |
| 27 | Arizona | $47,690 | 100.7 | 1,620 | 0.68× |
| 28 | Kansas | $47,370 | 90.1 | 270 | 0.25× |
| 29 | Florida | $47,330 | 103.4 | 6,250 | 0.86× |
| 30 | Idaho | $46,860 | 95.5 | 700 | 1.11× |
| 31 | Tennessee | $46,510 | 91.9 | 1,980 | 0.82× |
| 32 | Wisconsin | $46,350 | 94.1 | 4,740 | 2.20× |
| 33 | Georgia | $46,080 | 96.3 | 2,790 | 0.78× |
| 34 | Nebraska | $46,010 | 90.1 | 840 | 1.12× |
| 35 | Wyoming | $45,610 | 92.7 | 200 | 0.96× |
| 36 | Texas | $45,560 | 97.1 | 11,470 | 1.11× |
| 37 | North Carolina | $45,400 | 94.3 | 3,510 | 0.97× |
| 38 | Nevada | $44,290 | 100.0 | 1,760 | 1.55× |
| 39 | South Carolina | $44,100 | 93.7 | 2,040 | 1.21× |
| 40 | Utah | $44,010 | 98.9 | 930 | 0.73× |
| 41 | Missouri | $43,720 | 90.8 | 1,600 | 0.74× |
| 42 | Michigan | $42,740 | 96.2 | 2,010 | 0.62× |
| 43 | Kentucky | $41,490 | 90.2 | 840 | 0.57× |
| 44 | Alabama | $40,810 | 88.8 | 1,280 | 0.83× |
| 45 | Ohio | $39,660 | 92.8 | 2,390 | 0.59× |
| 46 | Arkansas | $39,420 | 86.9 | 960 | 1.01× |
| 47 | Iowa | $38,780 | 87.8 | 770 | 0.67× |
| 48 | Louisiana | $38,670 | 88.2 | 1,330 | 0.93× |
| 49 | West Virginia | $38,120 | 89.5 | 400 | 0.77× |
| 50 | Mississippi | $37,910 | 87.0 | 980 | 1.15× |
| 51 | Oklahoma | $37,390 | 87.8 | 1,470 | 1.18× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where first-line supervisors of personal service workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Best paying metro areas for first-line supervisors of personal service workers
The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | Metro area | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Athens-Clarke County, GA | $71,840 | 93.3 | 80 | 1.18× |
| 2 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $64,490 | 110.4 | 420 | 0.51× |
| 3 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $63,900 | 98.9 | 230 | 1.85× |
| 4 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $63,560 | 111.1 | 950 | 0.62× |
| 5 | Bellingham, WA | $61,990 | 103.3 | 50 | 0.77× |
| 6 | Vineland, NJ | $61,860 | 96.0 | 120 | 2.52× |
| 7 | Ithaca, NY | $61,140 | 103.3 | 60 | 1.78× |
| 8 | Napa, CA | $61,000 | 112.6 | 50 | 0.93× |
| 9 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $60,510 | 115.6 | 1,210 | 0.70× |
| 10 | Grants Pass, OR | $60,310 | 97.8 | 40 | 1.91× |
| 11 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $60,080 | 109.9 | 50 | 0.71× |
| 12 | Visalia, CA | $60,040 | 99.8 | 80 | 0.68× |
| 13 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $59,790 | 100.3 | 90 | 0.50× |
| 14 | Kahului-Wailuku, HI | $59,680 | 109.4 | 80 | 1.53× |
| 15 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $59,610 | 107.8 | 170 | 1.14× |
| 16 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $59,350 | 105.4 | 1,240 | 1.39× |
| 17 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $59,240 | 103.2 | 30 | 1.30× |
| 18 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $59,130 | 105.6 | 30 | 0.45× |
| 19 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $59,050 | 101.8 | 540 | 1.04× |
| 20 | El Centro, CA | $58,840 | 95.2 | 40 | 0.74× |
| 21 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $58,720 | 112.6 | 8,970 | 1.29× |
| 22 | Salem, OR | $58,710 | 103.6 | 260 | 1.88× |
| 23 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $58,690 | 103.7 | — | — |
| 24 | Yakima, WA | $58,690 | 95.5 | 40 | 0.54× |
| 25 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $58,630 | 100.1 | 40 | 0.37× |
| 26 | Vallejo, CA | $58,240 | 108.5 | 40 | 0.42× |
| 27 | Redding, CA | $58,000 | 100.7 | 40 | 0.86× |
| 28 | Worcester, MA | $57,760 | 102.5 | 170 | 0.67× |
| 29 | Albany, OR | $57,570 | 102.1 | 50 | 1.39× |
| 30 | Salinas, CA | $57,360 | 109.0 | 90 | 0.65× |
| 31 | Modesto, CA | $57,220 | 104.1 | 120 | 0.83× |
| 32 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $57,190 | 105.8 | 1,800 | 1.52× |
| 33 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | $57,180 | 92.7 | 60 | 0.75× |
| 34 | Boulder, CO | $57,130 | 105.2 | 250 | 1.77× |
| 35 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $56,670 | 101.9 | 200 | 0.94× |
| 36 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $56,350 | 108.6 | 70 | 0.82× |
| 37 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $56,280 | 113.6 | 3,210 | 0.70× |
| 38 | Barnstable Town, MA | $56,220 | 98.4 | 50 | 0.69× |
| 39 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $56,150 | 110.5 | 180 | 0.77× |
| 40 | Naples-Marco Island, FL | $55,920 | 103.2 | 140 | 1.09× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where first-line supervisors of personal service workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Similar occupations
Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.