Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors salary

SOC 53-1041 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$58,170

per year, nationally

Middle half

$49,820–$78,530

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

9,760

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+5.2%

1,100 openings/yr

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.

$41,690$92,160

10th: $41,690
25th: $49,820
Median: $58,170
75th: $78,530
90th: $92,160

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 aircraft cargo handling supervisors 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	Georgia	$81,380	96.3	150	0.48×
2	Ohio	$79,650	92.8	100	0.29×
3	Louisiana	$79,460	88.2	40	0.32×
4	Colorado	$79,260	103.1	190	1.03×
5	Connecticut	$78,770	103.6	50	0.51×
6	Virginia	$78,420	101.1	240	0.92×
7	Missouri	$76,450	90.8	100	0.56×
8	Indiana	$75,880	93.3	60	0.31×
9	Pennsylvania	$75,620	97.6	450	1.19×
10	Arizona	$74,780	100.7	220	1.09×
11	Arkansas	$73,520	86.9	40	0.47×
12	New Mexico	$72,760	92.2	50	0.89×
13	Nevada	$70,740	100.0	170	1.69×
14	New Jersey	$65,590	108.8	60	0.22×
15	Florida	$62,240	103.4	740	1.19×
16	South Carolina	$61,470	93.7	140	0.99×
17	Oregon	$61,340	103.4	110	0.88×
18	Washington	$61,090	107.0	150	0.66×
19	California	$60,530	110.7	1,490	1.30×
20	Alabama	$59,460	88.8	—	—
21	North Carolina	$59,130	94.3	90	0.29×
22	Hawaii	$59,120	110.0	180	4.62×
23	Illinois	$58,600	100.0	530	1.38×
24	Alaska	$58,230	102.4	130	6.38×
25	Utah	$57,570	98.9	80	0.72×
26	New York	$57,290	107.9	250	0.40×
27	Idaho	$56,530	95.5	120	2.22×
28	Texas	$56,290	97.1	1,410	1.60×
29	Iowa	$55,030	87.8	—	—
30	Tennessee	$53,560	91.9	260	1.25×
31	Minnesota	$53,100	98.6	170	0.92×
32	Kentucky	$52,530	90.2	1,010	8.04×
33	Massachusetts	$52,470	105.8	140	0.62×
34	New Hampshire	$52,360	104.2	30	0.74×
35	Michigan	$47,850	96.2	90	0.31×
36	Oklahoma	$41,600	87.8	70	0.69×

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 aircraft cargo handling supervisors wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for aircraft cargo handling supervisors

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	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$81,380	100.1	130	0.73×
2	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$80,820	102.6	300	1.65×
3	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$80,140	101.0	40	1.63×
4	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$79,260	105.8	180	1.73×
5	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$78,420	97.9	60	1.34×
6	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$77,810	100.2	150	2.05×
7	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$77,790	101.4	170	1.91×
8	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$75,970	100.9	60	0.66×
9	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$75,880	95.7	50	0.77×
10	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$75,810	103.3	210	1.38×
11	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$74,590	111.9	80	0.82×
12	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$73,540	102.7	50	1.23×
13	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$73,400	106.7	90	1.38×
14	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$73,020	115.6	220	1.46×
15	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$73,020	100.3	40	0.35×
16	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$73,020	110.4	50	0.70×
17	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$70,780	103.6	380	1.34×
18	Cleveland, OH	$68,390	93.9	30	0.48×
19	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$67,000	96.3	80	1.18×
20	Albuquerque, NM	$65,590	95.5	40	1.48×
21	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$65,540	114.2	360	2.04×
22	Urban Honolulu, HI	$64,860	111.0	80	2.68×
23	Columbia, SC	$61,470	93.7	30	1.28×
24	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$61,340	105.4	100	1.34×
25	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$61,100	111.1	110	0.82×
26	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$60,530	113.6	680	1.72×
27	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$60,390	112.6	220	0.37×
28	Tulsa, OK	$60,150	89.2	40	1.30×
29	Pittsburgh, PA	$59,380	94.7	100	1.42×
30	Anchorage, AK	$58,230	105.4	130	11.65×
31	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$57,620	100.9	60	1.10×
32	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$56,850	94.7	60	0.83×
33	Boise City, ID	$56,530	98.4	110	4.46×
34	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$56,040	98.6	390	1.89×
35	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$55,920	104.8	130	1.06×
36	Jacksonville, FL	$54,840	99.5	40	0.92×
37	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$54,200	92.2	110	2.80×
38	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$53,220	103.1	690	2.70×
39	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$52,470	108.3	130	0.78×
40	San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$51,150	—	90	2.01×

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 aircraft cargo handling supervisors wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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Best paying metro areas for aircraft cargo handling supervisors

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