Overview
1. Automation Risk
2. User Poll
3. Growth
4. Wages
5. Volume
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First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Moderate Risk
50%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
46%
(Moderate Risk)
POLLING
55%
(Moderate Risk)
Average: 50%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
0.6%
by year 2033
WAGES
$65,930
or $31.69 per hour
Volume
671,160
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
4.5/10

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Calculated automation risk

46% (Moderate Risk)

Moderate Risk (41-60%): Occupations with a moderate risk of automation usually involve routine tasks but still require some human judgment and interaction.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Social Perceptiveness

  • Originality

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Negotiation

  • Persuasion

User poll

55% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 46% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers' job openings is expected to rise 0.6% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

Moderately paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers' was $65,930, or $31 per hour

'First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers' were paid 37.2% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Significantly greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 671,160 people employed as 'First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers' within the United States.

This represents around 0.44% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 226 people are employed as 'First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers'.

Job 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.

SOC Code: 51-1011.00

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Comments

Victor Chen 4 years ago
I consider that this kind of work will be take by AI or not is very conditional. Some production line is repetitive and very simple but the others are very complicated and rely on human' s judgement. Thus I think there is no correct answer for this kind of work will be replace by AI or not.
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George (Highly likely) 5 years ago
I am from this industry and i can see that the tasks are repetitive and fairly simple to perform. Basically it exhibits patterns that can be automated
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