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

How much do Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $75,810. The 10th percentile is $55,150 and the 90th percentile is $100,550. Employment is 210.

Median annual wage

$75,810

10th percentile
$55,150
25th percentile
$56,490
Median
$75,810
75th percentile
$79,280
90th percentile
$100,550
Mean
$75,210

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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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 $55,150 and the 90th percentile is $100,550. The difference is $45,400, which is 59.9% 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 $56,490 to the 75th at $79,280, covers $22,790.

The mean annual wage is $75,210, which sits below the median of $75,810. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ median is 30.3% higher than the national median of $58,170 for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $73,377, which is 26.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.4% higher than the Arizona median of $74,780.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,810 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors at $73,377 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (210 of 2,375,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,760 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.41 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $75,810. The 10th percentile is $55,150 and the 90th percentile is $100,550. Employment is 210.

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

The local median is 30.3% higher than the national median of $58,170.

What is Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors pay in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $75,810 is $73,377. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.