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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA?
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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is $64,830. The 10th percentile is $48,530 and the 90th percentile is $97,050. Employment is 5,250.
Median annual wage
$64,830
- 10th percentile
- $48,530
- 25th percentile
- $55,000
- Median
- $64,830
- 75th percentile
- $79,990
- 90th percentile
- $97,050
- Mean
- $69,790
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors, the published 10th percentile is $48,530 and the 90th percentile is $97,050. The difference is $48,520, which is 74.8% 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 $55,000 to the 75th at $79,990, covers $24,990.
The mean annual wage is $69,790, which sits above the median of $64,830. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA median is 3.1% higher 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 $61,496, which is 2.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 5.3% higher than the Oregon median of $61,540.
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Oregon, the primary state on the BLS area record.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 105.421, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,830 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors at $61,496 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
13 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. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ranks 7th of 14 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).).
- Longview-Kelso, WA is 42 miles away, with a median of $75,270 and employment of 200. That median is 16.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,164, against $61,496 here.
- Salem, OR is 52 miles away, with a median of $60,500 and employment of 700. That median is 6.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,370, against $61,496 here.
- Albany, OR is 77 miles away, with a median of $59,270 and employment of 220. That median is 8.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,051, against $61,496 here.
Employment share
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors accounts for 0.43% of wage-and-salary employment in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (5,250 of 1,208,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (623,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.08 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA · 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA?
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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is $64,830. The 10th percentile is $48,530 and the 90th percentile is $97,050. Employment is 5,250.
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 3.1% higher 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 105.421, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $64,830 is $61,496. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors?
Longview-Kelso, WA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 42 miles away, at $75,270. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ranks 7th of 14 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.