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 Athens-Clarke County, GA?

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 Athens-Clarke County, GA is $57,770. The 10th percentile is $36,780 and the 90th percentile is $87,330. Employment is 370.

Median annual wage

$57,770

10th percentile
$36,780
25th percentile
$44,800
Median
$57,770
75th percentile
$69,200
90th percentile
$87,330
Mean
$60,100

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 $36,780 and the 90th percentile is $87,330. The difference is $50,550, which is 87.5% 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 $44,800 to the 75th at $69,200, covers $24,400.

The mean annual wage is $60,100, which sits above the median of $57,770. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Athens-Clarke County, GA median is 8.1% 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 $61,890, which is 1.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.1% lower than the Georgia median of $63,540.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Athens-Clarke County, GA is 93.343, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,770 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors at $61,890 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

30 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. Athens-Clarke County, GA ranks 26th of 31 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).).

  • Gainesville, GA is 43 miles away, with a median of $62,800 and employment of 600. That median is 8.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,899, against $61,890 here.
  • Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 69 miles away, with a median of $63,080 and employment of 1,610. That median is 9.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,639, against $61,890 here.
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 69 miles away, with a median of $65,290 and employment of 16,900. That median is 13% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,252, against $61,890 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors accounts for 0.39% of wage-and-salary employment in Athens-Clarke County, GA (370 of 95,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (623,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.96 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Athens-Clarke County, GA · First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors make in Athens-Clarke County, GA?

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 Athens-Clarke County, GA is $57,770. The 10th percentile is $36,780 and the 90th percentile is $87,330. Employment is 370.

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 8.1% 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 Athens-Clarke County, GA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Athens-Clarke County, GA is 93.343, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $57,770 is $61,890. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Athens-Clarke County, GA compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors?

Gainesville, GA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 43 miles away, at $62,800. Athens-Clarke County, GA ranks 26th of 31 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.