First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers Salary

It’s a stretch — at the median salary of $30K, rent takes 62.1% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,364/month. The 30% guideline puts the comfortable ceiling at roughly $700/month in rent — so roommates or a 1-bedroom would ease the math significantly.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new first-line supervisors of personal service workers typically earn — is $24K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $1,469/month.

Local pay runs 38% below the national median — $30K here vs. $49K nationally.

Guam pays $30K median vs. the U.S. average of $49K — that’s -38%.

The median is $30,250 a year, that works out to about $15 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $24,490, and experienced first-line supervisors of personal service workers can clear $40,370. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $2,195/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,364/month, which eats 62.1% of your paycheck. That's above the 30% rule of thumb, housing will be a stretch at the median salary, though you can manage with roommates or a smaller place.

Guam 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 personal service workers salary is worth about $30,250 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.