SOC 51-1011 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers make in Fairbanks-College, AK?

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 Fairbanks-College, AK is $85,650. The 10th percentile is $56,800 and the 90th percentile is $128,090. Employment is 70.

Median annual wage

$85,650

10th percentile
$56,800
25th percentile
$61,820
Median
$85,650
75th percentile
$120,350
90th percentile
$128,090
Mean
$91,360

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers, the published 10th percentile is $56,800 and the 90th percentile is $128,090. The difference is $71,290, which is 83.2% 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 $61,820 to the 75th at $120,350, covers $58,530.

The mean annual wage is $91,360, which sits above the median of $85,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Fairbanks-College, AK median is 15% 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 $82,988, which is 11.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.9% higher than the Alaska median of $77,960.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fairbanks-College, AK is 103.208, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $85,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers at $82,988 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers. Fairbanks-College, AK ranks 1st of 2 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).).

  • Anchorage, AK is 196 miles away, with a median of $74,210 and employment of 370. That median is 13.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,395, against $82,988 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers accounts for 0.19% of wage-and-salary employment in Fairbanks-College, AK (70 of 36,430). Nationally the occupation is 0.43% of employment (673,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.44 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 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers make in Fairbanks-College, AK?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Fairbanks-College, AK is $85,650. The 10th percentile is $56,800 and the 90th percentile is $128,090. Employment is 70.

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

The local median is 15% higher than the national median of $74,450.

What is First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers pay in Fairbanks-College, AK after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fairbanks-College, AK is 103.208, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $85,650 is $82,988. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Fairbanks-College, AK compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers?

Anchorage, AK is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 196 miles away, at $74,210. Fairbanks-College, AK ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.