How much do warehouse supervisors make in 2026?
Warehouse supervisors are counted in the BLS first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers series: OEWS May 2025 gives the SOC 53-1047 national median as $62,890 a year ($30.23 an hour), with the bottom 10% near $43,360 and the top 10% at $96,150. This is the first genuine step off the warehouse floor, and it pays a clear premium over the associate and operator bands. The role owns a shift or an area: staffing and coverage against volume, labour productivity against engineered standards, order accuracy and on-time shipping, safety behaviour and incident response, coaching and progressive discipline, and the constant reconciliation between what the plan assumed and who actually showed up. Pay separates on building size and complexity, shift, and systems capability — supervisors who can interrogate a warehouse management system and labour management reporting rather than relying on walking the floor are worth more. Night and weekend shifts carry differentials, and automated and multi-shift distribution centres pay above conventional warehouses. Above supervision sit operations manager and area manager roles, which is the normal path. Employment is projected to grow 3.7% through 2034 with roughly 61,300 openings a year. → Full warehouse supervisor career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $62,890 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- Warehouse Supervisors earn a national median $62,890/yr ($30.23/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 53-1047); the P10 to P90 range is $43,360 to $96,150.
- First-line transportation and material moving supervisors have a dedicated BLS series: a $62,890 median inside a $43,360 to $96,150 band — a clear step above floor and operator pay.
- The role owns productivity, accuracy, safety and attendance for a shift simultaneously, and those objectives genuinely conflict under volume pressure.
- Building complexity, shift differentials and systems capability — using warehouse and labour management reporting rather than only walking the floor — separate pay within the band.
US Warehouse Supervisor Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do warehouse supervisors earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 53-1047; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 53-1047, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a warehouse supervisor earn at each career stage?
Supervisor pay follows building complexity, shift and systems capability. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 53-1047.
By State
Which states pay warehouse supervisors the most in 2026?
State figures are modeled estimates — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers salary-calculator state wage index — not BLS state observations. Supervisor pay tracks the concentration and scale of distribution employers: regions with large automated fulfilment and grocery distribution networks pay above the modeled figure because they compete for experienced supervisors with system skills.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($72,320), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay warehouse supervisors the most?
Metro figures are modeled — national median times state wage index times published metro index — not BLS MSA observations. Distribution buildings sit in logistics corridors around metros rather than in centres, and supervisors there are paid for shift coverage and building complexity more than for a city premium.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a warehouse supervisor’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does warehouse supervisor pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Warehouse Supervisors sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify warehouse supervisor wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a warehouse supervisor actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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