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First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$79,920

United States, 2025

Employment

812,210

United States, 2025

Typical education

Post-Secondary Certificate

Job Zone 3

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.

O*NET code
47-1011.00
Job zone
3
Experience required
Over 10 years

Typical tasks

  • Inspect work progress, equipment, or construction sites to verify safety or to ensure that specifications are met.
  • Read specifications, such as blueprints, to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.
  • Supervise, coordinate, or schedule the activities of construction or extractive workers.
  • Assign work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.
  • Coordinate work activities with other construction project activities.
  • Estimate material or worker requirements to complete jobs.
  • Analyze worker or production problems and recommend solutions, such as improving production methods or implementing motivational plans.
  • Order or requisition materials or supplies.

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Salary analysis — United States

$53,280
10th
$63,400
25th
$79,920
Median
$101,460
75th
$128,260
90th

10th percentile

$53,280

25th percentile

$63,400

75th percentile

$101,460

90th percentile

$128,260

Most important skills

  • Coordination3.9
  • Active Listening3.8
  • Speaking3.8
  • Critical Thinking3.6
  • Management of Personnel Resources3.6
  • Reading Comprehension3.4
  • Monitoring3.4
  • Time Management3.4
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.3
  • Learning Strategies3.1
  • Social Perceptiveness3.1
  • Complex Problem Solving3.1

What skills do you need?

Select the skills you already have

Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 18 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

18

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Coordination3.93.9Not selected3.9
Speaking3.83.8Not selected3.8
Management of Personnel Resources3.63.9Not selected3.9
Active Listening3.83.6Not selected3.6
Critical Thinking3.63.4Not selected3.4
Reading Comprehension3.43.6Not selected3.6
Time Management3.43.5Not selected3.5
Monitoring3.43.4Not selected3.4
Social Perceptiveness3.13.4Not selected3.4
Judgment and Decision Making3.33.1Not selected3.1
Complex Problem Solving3.13.3Not selected3.3
Learning Strategies3.13.0Not selected3.0
Active Learning3.03.1Not selected3.1
Persuasion3.03.1Not selected3.1
Quality Control Analysis3.03.1Not selected3.1
Writing3.03.1Not selected3.1
Negotiation3.03.0Not selected3.0
Instructing3.03.0Not selected3.0

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Mount Vernon, WA$130,7905602025
San Jose, CA$129,7004,7702025
Kennewick, WA$126,6301,0202025
Seattle, WA$121,13011,0402025
San Francisco, CA$120,8109,8102025
Vineland, NJ$116,3903502025
Bremerton, WA$115,3408402025
Portland, OR$112,4805,8802025
Chicago, IL$111,26013,4202025
WA$109,57019,5502025
Bellingham, WA$107,8307302025
Kahului, HI$106,5203102025
Longview, WA$106,1202902025
IL$105,75019,3402025
NJ$105,51016,2302025
Trenton, NJ$104,3107102025
New York, NY$103,99028,2202025
Santa Rosa, CA$103,6001,2002025
Fairbanks, AK$103,5703302025
Minneapolis, MN$103,2908,3102025
All locations with published data

Career transition paths

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.