Compared with the local labor market
Construction Supervisor I pay vs. California
Across all employers in California, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers — about 71,750 people — is $97,680. Military Department pays a median base salary of $126,333 for this role, 29% above that figure — about the 73rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Military Department sits in the local pay range
$60,690
$76,740
$97,680
$128,690
$156,530
Military Department median · $126,333
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Military Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers — about 812,210 people — is $79,920. Military Department’s median base salary is 58% above that national figure, about the 89th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$53,280
$63,400
$79,920
$101,460
$128,260
Military Department median · $126,333
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the California range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Military Department is $130,929, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across California
Construction Supervisor I is held in 2 California departments. In Military Department, the median of $128,453 ranks #1 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Construction Supervisor I role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Construction Supervisor beyond California
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In California, the median of $113,178 ranks #1 of 3. See Construction Supervisor across all of California →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Construction Supervisorroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.