Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers

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Total Workforce

296k

Average Age

43.6

Average Salary

$53,555

Average Male Salary

$56,276

Average Female Salary

$44,332

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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 $53,555 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers by wage are Mental health and substance abuse social workers, Chemical processing machine setters, operators, & tenders, and Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers.

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 LA City (South Central/Westmont) PUMA, CA, Paradise (South) & Enterprise PUMA, NV, and Queens Village, Cambria Heights & Rosedale PUMA, NY. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers are LA City (South Central/Westmont) PUMA, CA, Fair Lawn Borough, Garfield City & Lodi Borough PUMA, NJ, and Paradise (South) & Enterprise PUMA, NV.

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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 Petroleum refining. Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers are paid most in Castro Valley, San Lorenzo & Ashland PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in LA City (South Central/Westmont) PUMA, CA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$53,555

AVERAGE SALARY

± $1,719

In 2018, Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers earned an average of $53,555, $333 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Mental health and substance abuse social workers make somewhat more than Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers while Chemical processing machine setters, operators, & tenders 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.

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Wage Distribution

0.316

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.316, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. 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).

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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.

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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.

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Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, by number of employees, are Couriers & messengers, Warehousing & storage, and Services incidental to transportation.

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Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, by average wage, are Petroleum refining, Water transportation, Architectural, engineering & related services, Electric power generation, transmission & distribution, Pipeline transportation, and Rail transportation.

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Industries by Share

296k

2018 Workforce

± 13,355

26.9%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 5.35%

The number of people employed as Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers has been growing at a rate of 26.9%, from 233,565 people in 2017 to 296,496 people in 2018.

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 11.2%, followed by Warehousing & storage with 10.8% and Services incidental to transportation with 10.5%.

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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 43.6 and of female Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers is 43.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

229k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 11,738

67.6k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 6,380

77.2% of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers.

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Race & Ethnicity

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

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

58.2% of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 16.2% 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.

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Age by Gender

43.6

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.655

43.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.2

The median age of Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers is 43.6, and Male employees are generally 0.0905 years older than than their Female counterparts.

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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.

Majors

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers need more than the average amount of Management of Personnel Resources, Repairing, and Equipment Maintenance.