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First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers pay in Athens-Clarke County, GA and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers is $71,840 per year in Athens-Clarke County, GA. It is $58,720 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Athens-Clarke County, GA is 22.3% above New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-1022 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 80 wage and salary jobs in Athens-Clarke County, GA and 8,970 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.