Production Supervisors salary in the US
A data-first look at production supervisors' pay: the median, the thresholds for the top 25% and top 10%, and how earnings vary across the country.
How much do production supervisors earn?
The typical (median) annual earnings for production supervisors come to $67,007, which is 28% more than the $52,508 median for all US earners aged 25 and older. Of the 171 occupation groups we compare, 64 have a higher median and 106 have a lower one. The figures come from 36,633 survey records of people aged 25 and older with earnings in this occupation.
| Position | Annual earnings |
|---|---|
| Top 10% start at | $122,202 |
| Top 25% start at | $91,304 |
| Median (top 50%) | $67,007 |
| Bottom 25% earn below | $46,702 |
How wide is the pay range?
A worker earning $91,304 would already be in the top quarter of production supervisors; the top 10% begins around $122,202, 1.8 times the midpoint. The bottom quarter earned under $46,702; that group includes people who worked part of the year or reduced hours, since every earner is counted. The median is 1.4 times that lower-quarter line.
Earnings by age
Seniority keeps paying off: the median reaches its high point of $72,613 only in the 55–64 band, up 24% from age 25–34. Among those 65 and older who still work, the median is $54,572, 25% below the peak — reduced schedules explain much of that.
Men and women
Men's median earnings are $71,364 and women's are $51,036, so women's median is 28% lower. About 22% of the sampled workers are women, going by raw survey counts. The comparison isn't like-for-like on hours or seniority, so read it as a description rather than a pay-equity measure.
| Group | Median earnings | Survey records |
|---|---|---|
| Men | $71,364 | 28,522 |
| Women | $51,036 | 8,111 |
Does education change the pay?
From a high school education or less to a master's degree, the median rises from $60,915 to $96,449, a 58% gap. 17,916 of the records belong to people with a high school education or less, the biggest single group; we suppress levels with fewer than 100.
| Education | Median earnings | Survey records |
|---|---|---|
| High school or less | $60,915 | 17,916 |
| Some college / associate | $69,208 | 12,649 |
| Bachelor's | $80,625 | 4,807 |
| Master's | $96,449 | 1,082 |
| Professional degree | Not shown (<100 records) | 85 |
| Doctorate | Not shown (<100 records) | 94 |
Where the most work, and what they earn there
In terms of headcount in the survey, California, Texas, Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania lead the country. The state medians range from $64,797 in Ohio up to $71,068 in Pennsylvania. State figures aren't price-adjusted; 43 states have a large enough sample to report.
| State | Median earnings | Survey records |
|---|---|---|
| California | $68,022 | 2,998 |
| Texas | $67,032 | 2,681 |
| Ohio | $64,797 | 2,091 |
| Michigan | $67,032 | 1,797 |
| Pennsylvania | $71,068 | 1,790 |
Occupations with similar pay
Nearby on the pay scale are transportation, storage, and distribution managers ($67,032), claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators ($67,032), radiologic technologists and technicians ($67,032), and purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products ($68,022). The jobs differ in training and working conditions; matching medians just means the typical paycheck is comparable.
| Occupation | Median earnings | vs. this job |
|---|---|---|
| Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers | $67,032 | 0% |
| Claims Adjusters, Appraisers, Examiners, And Investigators | $67,032 | 0% |
| Radiologic Technologists And Technicians | $67,032 | 0% |
| Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, And Farm Products | $68,022 | +2% |
| Social And Community Service Managers | $65,991 | −2% |
About these figures
Method note: earnings here are PERNP — wages, salary and self-employment income — for workers 25 and older, from the 2020–2024 ACS microdata in 2024 dollars. Any group with fewer than 100 records is suppressed instead of estimated. This page draws on 36,633 records.
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Open the calculatorSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) — personal earnings (PERNP) in 2024 dollars, person-weighted
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