First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers (51-1011)

Gasline phases: Preconstruction and construction, Operations

Occupation description:  Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators. Excludes team or work leaders.

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Employment and Job Openings

  Average employment Average annual openings
  2010 estimate2020 projectionPercent change GrowthReplacementTotal
Alaska 771790 2.52 1517
United States 588,500599,400 1.91,100 7,6908,790

Job outlook

  • Alaska: Alaska’s employment growth is low with high employment opportunities. Read more.


2012 Wages

  Mean Wage and
95% Confidence Interval
Wage by Percentile
  LowMeanHigh 10thMedian90th
United States n/a27.61n/a 15.6425.9842.81
Alaska 31.1736.6742.17 15.4334.1564.54
Anchorage/Mat-Su Area (MSA) 29.9033.0036.10 18.1330.1146.57
Fairbanks North Star Borough (MSA) 36.0638.2840.50 24.6239.9048.72
Southeast Region 24.8226.8028.78 13.8125.2343.02
Balance of State 32.4640.1747.88 14.1136.5970.71

Labor Force Indicators

2011 Worker Characteristics
Total workersNonresident workers Percent nonresidentPercent age 45 plusPercent age 50 plus
1,482710 47.949.3 37.4
2011 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation130
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation24
UI claimants previously working in occupation283
2011 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants 456
Number of job position postings 126
Ratio of registrants to job position postings 3.6

Typical Entry-level Education, Experience, and/or On-the-job Training

Education: Postsecondary non-degree award Work experience: 1 to 5 years On-the-job training: None

Training Resources

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Anchorage
Global Supply Chain Mgmt, MS 0

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Interior-Aleutians
Rural Utilities Business Mgmt., OEC 0