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

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers, the published 10th percentile is $41,750 and the 90th percentile is $103,030. The difference is $61,280, which is 85.6% 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 $52,400 to the 75th at $85,200, covers $32,800.

The mean annual wage is $71,600, which sits above the median of $71,560. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Salisbury, MD median is 3.9% 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 $74,840, which is 0.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.9% lower than the Maryland median of $78,520.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salisbury, MD is 95.617, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $71,560 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers at $74,840 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

25 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers. Salisbury, MD ranks 24th of 26 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).).

• Lexington Park, MD is 42 miles away, with a median of $99,980 and employment of 130. That median is 39.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $99,226, against $74,840 here.
• Dover, DE is 64 miles away, with a median of $75,720 and employment of 200. That median is 5.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,656, against $74,840 here.
• Vineland, NJ is 86 miles away, with a median of $80,260 and employment of 500. That median is 12.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,632, against $74,840 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers accounts for 0.24% of wage-and-salary employment in Salisbury, MD (130 of 53,770). Nationally the occupation is 0.43% of employment (673,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.56 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.