SOC 53-1042.00

    First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand

    Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of helpers, laborers, or material movers, hand.

    Median pay
    $62,890
    Growth
    +3.0%
    As fast as average
    Openings a year
    54,900
    Typical education
    High school diploma

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

    Source: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections · figures for the broader BLS group "First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors"

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    Annual pay range

    Lowest 10% earn less than
    $43,360
    Median
    $62,890
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $96,150
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    623,640 people work in this occupation.

    What first-line supervisors of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of helpers, laborers, or material movers, hand.

    Usually a high school diploma; some on-the-job training or experience.

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R)
    40 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    2 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    2 / 100
    Social (S)
    46 / 100
    Enterprising (E) · strongest
    86 / 100
    Conventional (C)
    65 / 100
    How strongly each interest area describes the work, from O*NET (scores rescaled to 0–100). The interest code lists the strongest areas in order.

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    What you'd do

    Getting Information
    86
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    79
    Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
    74
    Making Decisions and Solving Problems
    74
    Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
    74
    Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
    72
    Working with Computers
    72
    Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
    72
    Coaching and Developing Others
    71
    Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
    71
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Coordination
    • Management of Personnel Resources
    • Speaking
    • Active Listening
    • Complex Problem Solving
    • Critical Thinking
    • Monitoring
    • Time Management
    • Instructing
    • Judgment and Decision Making

    Knowledge

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • Production and Processing
    • Administration and Management
    • Mechanical
    • Computers and Electronics
    • English Language
    • Mathematics
    • Public Safety and Security
    • Education and Training
    • Transportation

    Abilities

    • Oral Comprehension
    • Oral Expression
    • Speech Clarity
    • Speech Recognition
    • Written Comprehension
    • Deductive Reasoning
    • Problem Sensitivity
    • Inductive Reasoning
    • Near Vision
    • Information Ordering

    Work styles

    • Leadership Orientation
    • Dependability
    • Cooperation
    • Attention to Detail
    • Integrity
    • Self-Control
    • Social Orientation
    • Stress Tolerance
    • Self-Confidence
    • Perseverance

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    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 9, 2026.

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    Sources and attribution

    Every figure on this page comes from these public datasets. Missing values are shown as not reported, never estimated.

    O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 9, 2026.

    Page data updated November 6, 2026.