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

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers, the published 10th percentile is $43,810 and the 90th percentile is $84,570. The difference is $40,760, which is 68.7% 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 $49,470 to the 75th at $75,570, covers $26,100.

The mean annual wage is $63,220, which sits above the median of $59,370. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dalton, GA median is 20.3% 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 $66,081, which is 11.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.2% lower than the Georgia median of $69,170.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dalton, GA is 89.844, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,370 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers at $66,081 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers. Dalton, GA ranks 27th of 28 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, TN is 26 miles away, with a median of $58,120 and employment of 430. That median is 2.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,985, against $66,081 here.
• Chattanooga, TN-GA is 33 miles away, with a median of $70,660 and employment of 1,730. That median is 19% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,254, against $66,081 here.
• Rome, GA is 42 miles away, with a median of $73,260 and employment of 430. That median is 23.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,255, against $66,081 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers accounts for 1.7% of wage-and-salary employment in Dalton, GA (1,120 of 65,300). Nationally the occupation is 0.43% of employment (673,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.96 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.