SOC 53-1047 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors make in Asheville, NC?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors in Asheville, NC is $58,080. The 10th percentile is $41,830 and the 90th percentile is $81,340. Employment is 810.

Median annual wage

$58,080

10th percentile
$41,830
25th percentile
$47,610
Median
$58,080
75th percentile
$70,350
90th percentile
$81,340
Mean
$60,410

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors, the published 10th percentile is $41,830 and the 90th percentile is $81,340. The difference is $39,510, which is 68.0% 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 $47,610 to the 75th at $70,350, covers $22,740.

The mean annual wage is $60,410, which sits above the median of $58,080. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Asheville, NC median is 7.6% lower than the national median of $62,890 for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $60,183, which is 4.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.3% lower than the North Carolina median of $60,070.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Asheville, NC is 96.506, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,080 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors at $60,183 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

29 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors. Asheville, NC ranks 20th of 30 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).).

  • Johnson City, TN is 47 miles away, with a median of $55,310 and employment of 250. That median is 4.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,904, against $60,183 here.
  • Morristown, TN is 57 miles away, with a median of $67,570 and employment of 260. That median is 16.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,239, against $60,183 here.
  • Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 64 miles away, with a median of $60,690 and employment of 740. That median is 4.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,587, against $60,183 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors accounts for 0.45% of wage-and-salary employment in Asheville, NC (810 of 180,620). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (623,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.12 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 Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors make in Asheville, NC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors in Asheville, NC is $58,080. The 10th percentile is $41,830 and the 90th percentile is $81,340. Employment is 810.

How does that compare with the national median for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors?

The local median is 7.6% lower than the national median of $62,890.

What is First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors pay in Asheville, NC after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Asheville, NC is 96.506, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $58,080 is $60,183. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Asheville, NC compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors?

Johnson City, TN is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 47 miles away, at $55,310. Asheville, NC ranks 20th of 30 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.