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

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors, the published 10th percentile is $37,080 and the 90th percentile is $83,120. The difference is $46,040, 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 $44,770 to the 75th at $65,670, covers $20,900.

The mean annual wage is $57,590, which sits above the median of $55,310. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Johnson City, TN median is 12.1% 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 $62,904, which is about the same as that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.6% lower than the Tennessee median of $61,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Johnson City, TN is 87.928, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $55,310 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors at $62,904 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

28 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. Johnson City, TN ranks 23rd of 29 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).).

• Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 24 miles away, with a median of $58,260 and employment of 490. That median is 5.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,394, against $62,904 here.
• Asheville, NC is 47 miles away, with a median of $58,080 and employment of 810. That median is 5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,183, against $62,904 here.
• Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 58 miles away, with a median of $60,690 and employment of 740. That median is 9.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,587, against $62,904 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors accounts for 0.31% of wage-and-salary employment in Johnson City, TN (250 of 81,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (623,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.76 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.