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First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand vs Industrial Production Managers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand and Industrial Production Managers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand Industrial Production Managers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
—
$121,440
Employment · BLS OEWS
—
234,380
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
37th pct
38th pct

At a glance

Dimension First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand Industrial Production Managers
Median pay — $121,440
Employment — 234,380
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection — About average (+1.9%)
Annual openings · BLS projection — 17,100
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 37th pct Moderate · 38th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 72nd pct · 38% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman — No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Coordination, Written Comprehension, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Speaking, Management of Personnel Resources, Deductive Reasoning, Customer and Personal Service, Active Listening, Problem Sensitivity, Production and Processing, Administration and Management, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Time Management, Inductive Reasoning, Mechanical, English Language, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, Written Expression, Information Ordering, Mathematics, Education and Training, Learning Strategies, Social Perceptiveness, Negotiation, Category Flexibility.

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand

  • Near Vision
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Instructing
  • Selective Attention
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Far Vision
  • Persuasion

Specific to Industrial Production Managers

  • Systems Analysis
  • Active Learning
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Management of Financial Resources
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Management of Material Resources

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Data base user interface and query software , Inventory management software , Calendar and scheduling software .

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand

Specific to Industrial Production Managers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand or Industrial Production Managers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand vs Industrial Production Managers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/first-line-supervisors-of-helpers-laborers-and-material-movers-hand-vs-industrial-production-managers

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Singulariki. (2026). First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand vs Industrial Production Managers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/first-line-supervisors-of-helpers-laborers-and-material-movers-hand-vs-industrial-production-managers

BibTeX 
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