SOC 53-1041 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors make in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is $73,020. The 10th percentile is $44,160 and the 90th percentile is $90,700. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$73,020

10th percentile
$44,160
25th percentile
$44,190
Median
$73,020
75th percentile
$81,500
90th percentile
$90,700
Mean
$64,750

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors, the published 10th percentile is $44,160 and the 90th percentile is $90,700. The difference is $46,540, which is 63.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $44,190 to the 75th at $81,500, covers $37,310.

The mean annual wage is $64,750, which sits below the median of $73,020. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI median is 25.5% higher than the national median of $58,170 for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $72,803, which is 25.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 52.6% higher than the Michigan median of $47,850.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 100.298, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $73,020 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors at $72,803 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Cleveland, OH is 116 miles away, with a median of $68,390 and employment of 30. That median is 6.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,815, against $72,803 here.

Employment share

Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI (40 of 1,904,530). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,760 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.33 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors make in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is $73,020. The 10th percentile is $44,160 and the 90th percentile is $90,700. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors?

The local median is 25.5% higher than the national median of $58,170.

What is Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors pay in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 100.298, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $73,020 is $72,803. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI compare with nearby metros for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors?

Cleveland, OH is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 116 miles away, at $68,390. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.