First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $72K, rent takes 26.6% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,260/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers typically earn — is $50K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,977/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $72K locally vs. $80K nationally, a 10% difference.

Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area pays $72K median vs. the U.S. average of $80K — that’s -10%.

The median is $71,970 a year, that works out to about $35 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $49,610, and experienced first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers can clear $121,220. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,734/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,260/month, which eats 26.6% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers salary is worth about $71,970 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.