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

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors, the published 10th percentile is $36,360 and the 90th percentile is $79,540. The difference is $43,180, which is 87.4% 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 $40,390 to the 75th at $59,970, covers $19,580.

The mean annual wage is $53,320, which sits above the median of $49,380. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Parkersburg-Vienna, WV median is 21.5% 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 $56,716, which is 9.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.8% lower than the West Virginia median of $52,420.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Parkersburg-Vienna, WV is 87.066, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $49,380 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors at $56,716 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. Parkersburg-Vienna, WV ranks 30th 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).).

• Charleston, WV is 59 miles away, with a median of $55,150 and employment of 350. That median is 11.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,164, against $56,716 here.
• Wheeling, WV-OH is 66 miles away, with a median of $58,540 and employment of 260. That median is 18.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,279, against $56,716 here.
• Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH is 81 miles away, with a median of $50,870 and employment of 490. That median is 3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,531, against $56,716 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors accounts for 0.44% of wage-and-salary employment in Parkersburg-Vienna, WV (160 of 36,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (623,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.10 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.