Median pay for production supervisors runs from $35,560 in Mayaguez to $115,340 in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard — a 3.24× range across 526 metropolitan areas. The national median of $74,450 sits inside that range but describes no particular market.
Ten per cent of production supervisors earn below $47,130 and ten per cent above $108,750 — a 2.31× band. The upside from median to 90th percentile is 46%, which is a normal amount of room for experience and specialisation to matter. An offer below the 25th percentile is worth questioning; one above the 75th is worth taking seriously.
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard (WA) leads and Mayaguez (PR) trails, but the gap is modest. For a role like this the more useful comparison is not between cities but between the 10th and 90th percentile within one — see the band above.
| Metropolitan area | Median | Hourly | LQ | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard WA | $115,340 | $55.45 | 1.23 | 500 |
| Norwich-New London-Willimantic CT | $105,690 | $50.81 | 1.83 | 1,000 |
| Lexington Park MD | $99,980 | $48.07 | 0.43 | 130 |
| Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area | $98,370 | $47.30 | 1.29 | 560 |
| Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area | $96,670 | $46.48 | 1.39 | 510 |
| Baton Rouge LA | $95,810 | $46.06 | 1.28 | 2,270 |
| Lake Charles LA | $92,560 | $44.50 | 1.7 | 750 |
| Spartanburg SC | $92,070 | $44.26 | 3.33 | 2,380 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont CA | $91,500 | $43.99 | 0.49 | 5,050 |
| Decatur IL | $91,450 | $43.97 | 1.79 | 350 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA | $89,970 | $43.25 | 0.5 | 2,440 |
| West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $89,620 | $43.09 | 0.91 | 340 |
| Paducah KY-IL | $87,030 | $41.84 | 1.35 | 290 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY | $87,000 | $41.83 | 0.72 | 1,410 |
| Fairbanks-College AK | $85,650 | $41.18 | 0.46 | 70 |
| Boulder CO | $84,880 | $40.81 | 1.14 | 950 |
| Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area | $84,300 | $40.53 | 0.76 | 300 |
| Decatur AL | $84,270 | $40.51 | 3.57 | 950 |
| Greenville NC | $84,260 | $40.51 | 0.86 | 300 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford CT | $84,160 | $40.46 | 1.49 | 3,880 |
| Hanford-Corcoran CA | $84,010 | $40.39 | 1.15 | 240 |
| Kokomo IN | $83,500 | $40.14 | 1.67 | 260 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury CT | $82,990 | $39.90 | 0.9 | 1,570 |
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | $82,970 | $39.89 | 4.56 | 1,270 |
| Portland-South Portland ME | $82,740 | $39.78 | 1.24 | 1,550 |
| Metropolitan area | Median | Hourly | LQ | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayaguez PR | $35,560 | $17.10 | 1.13 | 260 |
| Aguadilla PR | $41,260 | $19.84 | 1.5 | 320 |
| Arecibo PR | $41,880 | $20.14 | 1.75 | 260 |
| San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas PR | $46,010 | $22.12 | 0.87 | 2,600 |
| Ponce PR | $47,840 | $23.00 | 1.2 | 330 |
| Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area | $50,450 | $24.25 | 1.57 | 200 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX | $52,110 | $25.05 | 0.43 | 560 |
| Hot Springs AR | $52,450 | $25.22 | 1.02 | 170 |
| Laredo TX | $53,030 | $25.49 | 0.32 | 150 |
| Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area | $56,200 | $27.02 | 0.41 | 150 |
| Metropolitan area | Median | Hourly | LQ | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | $82,970 | $39.89 | 4.56 | 1,270 |
| Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | $72,670 | $34.94 | 4.54 | 3,000 |
| Elkhart-Goshen IN | $65,150 | $31.32 | 4.15 | 2,300 |
| Sheboygan WI | $76,710 | $36.88 | 3.99 | 1,050 |
| Dalton GA | $59,370 | $28.54 | 3.97 | 1,120 |
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | $62,400 | $30.00 | 3.96 | 1,160 |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette IN | $74,770 | $35.95 | 3.88 | 1,720 |
| Decatur AL | $84,270 | $40.51 | 3.57 | 950 |
| Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $68,370 | $32.87 | 3.52 | 3,210 |
| East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $61,210 | $29.43 | 3.44 | 1,020 |
| Spartanburg SC | $92,070 | $44.26 | 3.33 | 2,380 |
| Wausau WI | $73,790 | $35.48 | 3.32 | 1,000 |
| Metropolitan area | Median | Hourly | LQ | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin IL-IN | $76,500 | $36.78 | 1.07 | 20,970 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City NY-NJ | $81,790 | $39.32 | 0.47 | 19,220 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CA | $74,740 | $35.93 | 0.65 | 17,650 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX | $69,940 | $33.63 | 0.96 | 16,880 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands TX | $75,330 | $36.21 | 1.07 | 15,270 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell GA | $71,310 | $34.29 | 0.94 | 11,730 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn MI | $75,490 | $36.29 | 1.26 | 10,380 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA-NJ-DE-MD | $79,520 | $38.23 | 0.75 | 9,460 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI | $79,820 | $38.38 | 0.98 | 8,300 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton MA-NH | $82,660 | $39.74 | 0.69 | 8,060 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach FL | $63,720 | $30.63 | 0.57 | 6,960 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA | $80,460 | $38.68 | 0.75 | 6,760 |
Figures come from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics programme, May 2025 release, SOC code 51-1011. OEWS surveys employers, so it reports what is actually paid rather than what job advertisements claim, and it excludes the self-employed. Estimates cover 526 of 528 metropolitan areas — near-complete coverage, which means the ranges above are reliable rather than drawn from a handful of markets. Read the methodology.