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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ?

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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ is $53,470. The 10th percentile is $39,930 and the 90th percentile is $84,530. Employment is 100.

Median annual wage

$53,470

10th percentile
$39,930
25th percentile
$46,460
Median
$53,470
75th percentile
$69,500
90th percentile
$84,530
Mean
$59,280

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 $39,930 and the 90th percentile is $84,530. The difference is $44,600, which is 83.4% 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 $46,460 to the 75th at $69,500, covers $23,040.

The mean annual wage is $59,280, which sits above the median of $53,470. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ median is 15% 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 $59,915, which is 4.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.6% lower than the Arizona median of $63,360.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ is 89.243, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $53,470 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors at $59,915 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 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. Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ ranks 4th of 4 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).).

  • Tucson, AZ is 119 miles away, with a median of $58,540 and employment of 1,190. That median is 9.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,415, against $59,915 here.
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 163 miles away, with a median of $64,990 and employment of 8,480. That median is 21.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,904, against $59,915 here.
  • Las Cruces, NM is 176 miles away, with a median of $53,960 and employment of 260. That median is 0.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,815, against $59,915 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors accounts for 0.29% of wage-and-salary employment in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ (100 of 33,970). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (623,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.73 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ · 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ?

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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ is $53,470. The 10th percentile is $39,930 and the 90th percentile is $84,530. Employment is 100.

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 15% 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ is 89.243, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $53,470 is $59,915. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors?

Tucson, AZ is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 119 miles away, at $58,540. Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ ranks 4th of 4 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.