SOC 51-1011 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers make in Bangor, ME?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Bangor, ME is $66,570. The 10th percentile is $44,270 and the 90th percentile is $117,070. Employment is 190.

Median annual wage

$66,570

10th percentile
$44,270
25th percentile
$53,680
Median
$66,570
75th percentile
$81,370
90th percentile
$117,070
Mean
$73,250

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 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers, the published 10th percentile is $44,270 and the 90th percentile is $117,070. The difference is $72,800, which is 109.4% 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 $53,680 to the 75th at $81,370, covers $27,690.

The mean annual wage is $73,250, which sits above the median of $66,570. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bangor, ME median is 10.6% lower than the national median of $74,450 for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $68,979, which is 7.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.7% lower than the Maine median of $78,970.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bangor, ME is 96.508, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $66,570 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers at $68,979 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 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers. Bangor, ME ranks 3rd 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).).

  • Lewiston-Auburn, ME is 114 miles away, with a median of $69,780 and employment of 250. That median is 4.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,657, against $68,979 here.
  • Portland-South Portland, ME is 149 miles away, with a median of $82,740 and employment of 1,550. That median is 24.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,231, against $68,979 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers accounts for 0.26% of wage-and-salary employment in Bangor, ME (190 of 72,270). Nationally the occupation is 0.43% of employment (673,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.61 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 Bangor, ME · First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 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 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers make in Bangor, ME?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Bangor, ME is $66,570. The 10th percentile is $44,270 and the 90th percentile is $117,070. Employment is 190.

How does that compare with the national median for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers?

The local median is 10.6% lower than the national median of $74,450.

What is First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers pay in Bangor, ME after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bangor, ME is 96.508, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $66,570 is $68,979. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Bangor, ME compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers?

Lewiston-Auburn, ME is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 114 miles away, at $69,780. Bangor, ME ranks 3rd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.