Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers

Detailed Occupation

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2020 Workforce

265k

Average Age

43.1

Average Salary

$55,190

Average Male Salary

$58,048

Average Female Salary

$45,361

About

Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers are most often employed by the Couriers & messengers industry. The average yearly wage for Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers was $55,190 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers by wage are Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks, Graphic designers, and Production, planning, & expediting clerks.

Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers are part of the Transportation Occupations, along with Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists, Flight attendants, Ambulance drivers & attendants, except emergency medical technicians, and 17 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers are Louisville/Jefferson County (South Central) PUMA, KY, Queens Village, Cambria Heights & Rosedale PUMA, NY, and Hesperia City & Apple Valley Town PUMA, CA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers are White, Jackson, Prairie & Woodruff Counties PUMA, AR, Pennyrile Area Development District (North) PUMA, KY, and Louisville/Jefferson County (South Central) PUMA, KY.

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Couriers & messengers is the industry that employs the most Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, by average wage, is Motion pictures & video industries. Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers are paid most in Franklin Park Borough & Allison Park PUMA, PA but are relatively concentrated in White, Jackson, Prairie & Woodruff Counties PUMA, AR.

Yearly Wage

$55,190

AVERAGE SALARY

± $1,936

In 2020, Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers earned an average of $55,190, $764 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks make somewhat more than Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers while Graphic designers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.323

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.323, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, by number of employees, are Couriers & messengers, Services incidental to transportation, Warehousing & storage, Truck transportation, Waste management & remediation services, Gasoline stations, Air transportation, Bus service & urban transit, Rail transportation, Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers, and Elementary & secondary schools.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, by average wage, are Motion pictures & video industries, Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing, and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing.

Industries by Share

265k

2020 Workforce

± 12,627

6.39%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 6.43%

The number of people employed as Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers has been growing at a rate of 6.39%, from 249,066 people in 2019 to 264,986 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers employed by various industries. Couriers & messengers employs the largest share of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers at 11.9%, followed by Services incidental to transportation with 9.55% and Warehousing & storage with 9.45%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers in the US. The average age of male Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers in the workforce is 43.2 and of female Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers is 42.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

205k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 11,116

59.7k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 5,997

77.5% of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

58% of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 16.4% of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers.

Age by Sex

43.2

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.693

42.8

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.25

The median age of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers is 43.1, and Male employees are generally 0.408 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers is Business but a relatively high number of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers hold a major in Transportation.