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

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers, the published 10th percentile is $46,990 and the 90th percentile is $114,430. The difference is $67,440, which is 89.0% 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 $58,420 to the 75th at $93,870, covers $35,450.

The mean annual wage is $77,700, which sits above the median of $75,760. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Birmingham, AL median is 1.8% higher than the national median of $74,450 for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $82,668, which is 11% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.7% higher than the Alabama median of $73,060.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Birmingham, AL is 91.644, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,760 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers at $82,668 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

22 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers. Birmingham, AL ranks 3rd of 23 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).).

• Gadsden, AL is 60 miles away, with a median of $61,460 and employment of 310. That median is 18.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,755, against $82,668 here.
• Anniston-Oxford, AL is 61 miles away, with a median of $74,650 and employment of 380. That median is 1.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $86,854, against $82,668 here.
• Tuscaloosa, AL is 62 miles away, with a median of $74,940 and employment of 1,040. That median is 1.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $85,429, against $82,668 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers accounts for 0.66% of wage-and-salary employment in Birmingham, AL (3,450 of 520,290). Nationally the occupation is 0.43% of employment (673,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.53 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.