First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors Salary

It’s a stretch — at the median salary of $55K, rent takes 33.1% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,271/month. The 30% guideline puts the comfortable ceiling at roughly $1,200/month in rent — so roommates or a 1-bedroom would ease the math significantly.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors typically earn — is $39K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,357/month. At HUD’s $1,271/month FMR, rent would take 54% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay runs 13% below the national median — $55K here vs. $63K nationally. Cost of living is 8% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Sebring pays $55K median vs. the U.S. average of $63K — that’s -13%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 92.47), the purchasing-power equivalent is $59K — below the national median.

The median is $54,880 a year, that works out to about $26 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $39,280, and experienced first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors can clear $75,640. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,845/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,271/month, which eats 33.1% 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.

Sebring has a Regional Price Parity of 92.47 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors salary is worth about $59,349 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.