Skilled Trades
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.
Median salary
$78,690
Typical range
$51k – $127k
Job outlook
+5% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Education
Typical entry: No degree (trade/license)
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Entry / Junior
$51,290
~2 yrs to advance
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Established
$78,690
~3 yrs to advance
Senior First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Senior
$102,690
Key skills
A typical day
- •Inspect work progress, equipment, or construction sites to verify safety or to ensure that specifications are met.
- •Read specifications, such as blueprints, to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.
- •Supervise, coordinate, or schedule the activities of construction or extractive workers.
- •Assign work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.
- •Coordinate work activities with other construction project activities.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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