First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $38K, rent takes 24.4% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $663/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 $30K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $1,790/month. At HUD’s $663/month FMR, rent would take 37% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay runs 53% below the national median — $38K here vs. $80K nationally.

San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas pays $38K median vs. the U.S. average of $80K — that’s -53%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 100), the purchasing-power equivalent is $38K — below the national median.

The median is $37,960 a year, that works out to about $18 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $29,830, and experienced first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers can clear $56,540. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $2,712/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $663/month, which eats 24.4% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas 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 $37,960 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.