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First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 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 $72,140 per year in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. It is $76,390 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 5.6% 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 6,130 wage and salary jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 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.