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

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 $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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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%.

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.

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.

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.

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

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

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.