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

How much do Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors make in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is $67,000. The 10th percentile is $45,910 and the 90th percentile is $96,230. Employment is 80.

Median annual wage

$67,000

10th percentile
$45,910
25th percentile
$49,090
Median
$67,000
75th percentile
$77,350
90th percentile
$96,230
Mean
$67,640

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A transit bus driver standing beside a bus at a rest stop in Denali
Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors, the published 10th percentile is $45,910 and the 90th percentile is $96,230. The difference is $50,320, which is 75.1% 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 $49,090 to the 75th at $77,350, covers $28,260.

The mean annual wage is $67,640, which sits above the median of $67,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN median is 15.2% higher than the national median of $58,170 for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $69,547, which is 19.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 25.1% higher than the Tennessee median of $53,560.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 96.338, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $67,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors at $69,547 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN ranks 1st of 3 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).).

  • Knoxville, TN is 145 miles away, with a median of $45,940 and employment of 50. That median is 31.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,628, against $69,547 here.
  • Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 189 miles away, with a median of $54,200 and employment of 110. That median is 19.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,799, against $69,547 here.

Employment share

Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN (80 of 1,099,300). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,760 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.16 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN · 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is $67,000. The 10th percentile is $45,910 and the 90th percentile is $96,230. Employment is 80.

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

The local median is 15.2% higher than the national median of $58,170.

What is Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors pay in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 96.338, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $67,000 is $69,547. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN compare with nearby metros for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors?

Knoxville, TN is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 145 miles away, at $45,940. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN ranks 1st of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.