How much do First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors make in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors, the published 10th percentile is $39,800 and the 90th percentile is $86,130. The difference is $46,330, which is 77.7% 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 $49,410 to the 75th at $74,710, covers $25,300.

The mean annual wage is $61,930, which sits above the median of $59,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA median is 5.1% 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 $68,530, which is 9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.4% lower than the Iowa median of $60,490.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA is 87.057, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors at $68,530 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 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. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA ranks 13th of 17 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).).

• Cedar Rapids, IA is 53 miles away, with a median of $59,730 and employment of 690. That median is 0.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,140, against $68,530 here.
• Ames, IA is 72 miles away, with a median of $58,270 and employment of 180. That median is 2.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,597, against $68,530 here.
• Dubuque, IA is 81 miles away, with a median of $59,620 and employment of 290. That median is 0.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,271, against $68,530 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 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA (330 of 84,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (623,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.98 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.