Transportation
Warehouse Supervisors
SOC 53-1042
Lead a warehouse shift and keep inventory, safety, and throughput on track.
The job
Median pay
$63k
$50k to $78k typical range
BLS figure for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.0% projected
BLS figure for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
Openings a year
55k
BLS figure for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
8/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
60th pct
More exposed than 60% of occupations · modeled estimate
Future-proof
44/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 67,920 | 3.7 | 0.9× | $66k |
| Texas | 60,700 | 4.3 | 1.1× | $60k |
| Florida | 34,650 | 3.5 | 0.9× | $61k |
| New York | 29,280 | 3.0 | 0.8× | $67k |
| Georgia | 26,660 | 5.5 | 1.4× | $64k |
| Illinois | 25,270 | 4.1 | 1.0× | $65k |
| New Jersey | 25,110 | 5.9 | 1.5× | $68k |
| Pennsylvania | 23,690 | 3.9 | 1.0× | $61k |
| Ohio | 23,100 | 4.2 | 1.0× | $62k |
| North Carolina | 21,540 | 4.4 | 1.1× | $60k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 17,290 | 5.3 | 1.3× | $61k |
| Indiana | 15,250 | 4.8 | 1.2× | $65k |
| Virginia | 14,830 | 3.6 | 0.9× | $62k |
| Michigan | 14,600 | 3.3 | 0.8× | $60k |
| Washington | 14,000 | 3.9 | 1.0× | $74k |
| Alabama | 12,330 | 5.8 | 1.4× | $60k |
| Maryland | 11,990 | 4.3 | 1.1× | $74k |
| Colorado | 11,890 | 4.1 | 1.0× | $65k |
| Arizona | 11,190 | 3.5 | 0.9× | $63k |
| Wisconsin | 11,140 | 3.8 | 0.9× | $65k |
| Massachusetts | 10,660 | 2.9 | 0.7× | $66k |
| Missouri | 10,500 | 3.6 | 0.9× | $60k |
| Kentucky | 10,180 | 5.1 | 1.3× | $60k |
| Minnesota | 9,410 | 3.2 | 0.8× | $68k |
| South Carolina | 8,300 | 3.6 | 0.9× | $63k |
| Oklahoma | 8,130 | 4.8 | 1.2× | $61k |
| Louisiana | 8,120 | 4.2 | 1.1× | $60k |
| Oregon | 8,120 | 4.1 | 1.0× | $62k |
| Kansas | 7,520 | 5.2 | 1.3× | $63k |
| Utah | 6,830 | 3.9 | 1.0× | $63k |
| Iowa | 6,480 | 4.2 | 1.0× | $60k |
| Nevada | 6,290 | 4.1 | 1.0× | $60k |
| Connecticut | 5,870 | 3.5 | 0.9× | $65k |
| Arkansas | 5,120 | 3.9 | 1.0× | $57k |
| Mississippi | 4,950 | 4.3 | 1.1× | $59k |
| Nebraska | 3,530 | 3.4 | 0.9× | $61k |
| New Mexico | 3,250 | 3.7 | 0.9× | $56k |
| Hawaii | 3,130 | 5.0 | 1.2× | $65k |
| Idaho | 3,070 | 3.6 | 0.9× | $56k |
| West Virginia | 2,670 | 3.8 | 0.9× | $52k |
| New Hampshire | 2,440 | 3.6 | 0.9× | $64k |
| Maine | 2,370 | 3.7 | 0.9× | $60k |
| Delaware | 2,270 | 4.7 | 1.2× | $63k |
| Montana | 1,990 | 3.9 | 1.0× | $61k |
| North Dakota | 1,930 | 4.5 | 1.1× | $65k |
| Alaska | 1,830 | 5.6 | 1.4× | $64k |
| Wyoming | 1,560 | 5.6 | 1.4× | $71k |
| Rhode Island | 1,520 | 3.0 | 0.8× | $73k |
| South Dakota | 1,340 | 2.9 | 0.7× | $65k |
| Washington DC | 920 | 1.3 | 0.3× | $60k |
| Vermont | 910 | 3.0 | 0.8× | $60k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ35,860 jobs · $72k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA22,930 jobs · $62k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX19,490 jobs · $60k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN19,280 jobs · $68k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA16,900 jobs · $65k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX15,320 jobs · $61k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD12,050 jobs · $63k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA11,610 jobs · $70k median
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Explore Warehouse Supervisors interactively →BLS does not publish this occupation on its own. Pay and outlook here are BLS's figures for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (SOC 53-1047), the occupation it is grouped with, so the real figures for this job could sit either side of them. Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.