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First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors is $61,780 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. It is $76,390 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 19.1% below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-1047 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 11,080 wage and salary jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL and 8,250 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, 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.