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First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers is $82,660 per year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. It is $115,340 per year in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 28.3% below Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-1011 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 8,060 wage and salary jobs in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and 500 in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA. 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.