First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers salary
SOC 47-1011 · 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
- $53,280
- 25th
- $63,400
- Median
- $79,920
- 75th
- $101,460
- 90th
- $128,260
Getting in
- Typical education to enter
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Related work experience
- 5 years or more
- On-the-job training
- None
Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.
Where first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction 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 | Washington | $109,570 | 107.0 | 19,550 | 1.05× |
| 2 | Illinois | $105,750 | 100.0 | 19,340 | 0.61× |
| 3 | New Jersey | $105,510 | 108.8 | 16,230 | 0.72× |
| 4 | Oregon | $103,070 | 103.4 | 7,890 | 0.77× |
| 5 | Hawaii | $102,630 | 110.0 | 2,890 | 0.88× |
| 6 | Alaska | $102,140 | 102.4 | 2,690 | 1.58× |
| 7 | Rhode Island | $98,590 | 102.3 | 2,060 | 0.79× |
| 8 | Massachusetts | $97,850 | 105.8 | 18,330 | 0.96× |
| 9 | California | $97,680 | 110.7 | 71,750 | 0.75× |
| 10 | Minnesota | $97,610 | 98.6 | 13,580 | 0.88× |
| 11 | New York | $95,700 | 107.9 | 29,600 | 0.58× |
| 12 | Connecticut | $92,260 | 103.6 | 6,980 | 0.79× |
| 13 | Missouri | $87,520 | 90.8 | 13,330 | 0.87× |
| 14 | District of Columbia | $86,520 | 109.9 | 1,420 | 0.39× |
| 15 | Wisconsin | $85,350 | 94.1 | 15,150 | 0.99× |
| 16 | Indiana | $82,530 | 93.3 | 16,450 | 0.98× |
| 17 | Vermont | $82,490 | 98.0 | 1,010 | 0.64× |
| 18 | Nevada | $81,990 | 100.0 | 9,680 | 1.19× |
| 19 | Pennsylvania | $81,540 | 97.6 | 26,860 | 0.85× |
| 20 | North Dakota | $81,370 | 89.0 | 4,350 | 1.94× |
| 21 | Colorado | $81,230 | 103.1 | 21,380 | 1.42× |
| 22 | New Hampshire | $81,220 | 104.2 | 3,590 | 1.01× |
| 23 | Delaware | $81,100 | 99.8 | 2,590 | 1.02× |
| 24 | West Virginia | $80,060 | 89.5 | 5,380 | 1.47× |
| 25 | Ohio | $79,580 | 92.8 | 23,640 | 0.82× |
| 26 | Maryland | $78,760 | 105.0 | 15,400 | 1.07× |
| 27 | Virginia | $78,640 | 101.1 | 24,970 | 1.16× |
| 28 | Arizona | $78,550 | 100.7 | 21,550 | 1.27× |
| 29 | Iowa | $78,510 | 87.8 | 9,660 | 1.19× |
| 30 | Georgia | $78,430 | 96.3 | 26,770 | 1.05× |
| 31 | Wyoming | $78,250 | 92.7 | 3,270 | 2.23× |
| 32 | Michigan | $78,180 | 96.2 | 16,660 | 0.72× |
| 33 | South Dakota | $77,690 | 88.6 | 2,360 | 0.99× |
| 34 | Maine | $77,290 | 97.0 | 3,130 | 0.94× |
| 35 | Utah | $77,280 | 98.9 | 14,270 | 1.57× |
| 36 | Montana | $76,910 | 94.6 | 4,350 | 1.63× |
| 37 | Kansas | $76,780 | 90.1 | 8,940 | 1.19× |
| 38 | Florida | $75,790 | 103.4 | 69,830 | 1.35× |
| 39 | Nebraska | $75,570 | 90.1 | 6,020 | 1.13× |
| 40 | Idaho | $75,550 | 95.5 | 6,730 | 1.50× |
| 41 | Louisiana | $75,360 | 88.2 | 14,070 | 1.39× |
| 42 | South Carolina | $75,350 | 93.7 | 13,150 | 1.09× |
| 43 | North Carolina | $75,270 | 94.3 | 32,460 | 1.26× |
| 44 | New Mexico | $75,130 | 92.2 | 6,790 | 1.49× |
| 45 | Texas | $74,520 | 97.1 | 90,010 | 1.22× |
| 46 | Tennessee | $74,470 | 91.9 | 17,770 | 1.04× |
| 47 | Kentucky | $73,490 | 90.2 | 9,620 | 0.92× |
| 48 | Oklahoma | $73,040 | 87.8 | 11,520 | 1.29× |
| 49 | Mississippi | $66,910 | 87.0 | 7,040 | 1.16× |
| 50 | Alabama | $64,120 | 88.8 | 13,580 | 1.23× |
| 51 | Arkansas | $61,230 | 86.9 | 6,590 | 0.97× |
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 construction trades and extraction workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Best paying metro areas for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction 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 | Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | $130,790 | 102.4 | 560 | 2.04× |
| 2 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $129,700 | 110.4 | 4,770 | 0.81× |
| 3 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $126,630 | 100.1 | 1,020 | 1.51× |
| 4 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $121,130 | 111.1 | 11,040 | 1.01× |
| 5 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $120,810 | 115.6 | 9,810 | 0.79× |
| 6 | Vineland, NJ | $116,390 | 96.0 | 350 | 1.09× |
| 7 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $115,340 | 105.6 | 840 | 1.71× |
| 8 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $112,480 | 105.4 | 5,880 | 0.93× |
| 9 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $111,260 | 103.6 | 13,420 | 0.57× |
| 10 | Bellingham, WA | $107,830 | 103.3 | 730 | 1.53× |
| 11 | Kahului-Wailuku, HI | $106,520 | 109.4 | 310 | 0.81× |
| 12 | Longview-Kelso, WA | $106,120 | 97.5 | 290 | 1.34× |
| 13 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $104,310 | 103.2 | 710 | 0.57× |
| 14 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $103,990 | 112.6 | 28,220 | 0.57× |
| 15 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $103,600 | 107.8 | 1,200 | 1.12× |
| 16 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $103,570 | 103.2 | 330 | 1.75× |
| 17 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $103,290 | 104.8 | 8,310 | 0.82× |
| 18 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $103,020 | 111.0 | 2,040 | 0.87× |
| 19 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $102,210 | 103.7 | 460 | 0.68× |
| 20 | Rockford, IL | $102,140 | 92.2 | 490 | 0.68× |
| 21 | Salem, OR | $101,440 | 103.6 | 750 | 0.76× |
| 22 | Kankakee, IL | $100,640 | 96.4 | 140 | 0.62× |
| 23 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $100,290 | 98.9 | 870 | 0.99× |
| 24 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $99,890 | 108.3 | 13,110 | 0.93× |
| 25 | Rochester, MN | $99,530 | 90.8 | 500 | 0.78× |
| 26 | Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | $99,410 | 103.9 | 290 | 1.09× |
| 27 | Appleton, WI | $98,970 | 92.4 | 1,060 | 1.64× |
| 28 | Peoria, IL | $98,680 | 91.2 | 720 | 0.83× |
| 29 | Vallejo, CA | $98,420 | 108.5 | 930 | 1.23× |
| 30 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $97,600 | 113.6 | 19,690 | 0.60× |
| 31 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $97,560 | 101.8 | 3,350 | 0.90× |
| 32 | Wheeling, WV-OH | $97,310 | 88.3 | 590 | 1.95× |
| 33 | Janesville-Beloit, WI | $97,310 | 93.7 | 560 | 1.53× |
| 34 | Beckley, WV | $97,250 | 88.4 | 340 | 1.52× |
| 35 | Springfield, IL | $97,140 | 92.7 | 320 | 0.60× |
| 36 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | $96,940 | 92.7 | 370 | 0.68× |
| 37 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $96,860 | 106.7 | 6,320 | 1.12× |
| 38 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $96,620 | 95.1 | 6,680 | 0.95× |
| 39 | Hanford-Corcoran, CA | $96,170 | 101.6 | 110 | 0.42× |
| 40 | Anchorage, AK | $96,000 | 105.4 | 1,230 | 1.33× |
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 construction trades and extraction workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.