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This question is about production supervisor demographics.
17.9% of production supervisors are female in the United States. This is -1.2 percentage points lower than last year. Additionally, the percentage of female production supervisors has increased by 0.7 percentage points since 2010. That means there are a total of 21,038 female production supervisors in the U.S. and 96,497 male production supervisors in the United States. Note that Zippia's estimate accounts only for the 117,535 people with the specific job title of production supervisor and doesn't include grouping similar job titles, or people with potentially similar credentialing.
| Year | Female Production Supervisors | Male Production Supervisors | Percentage Female Production Supervisors | Percentage Male Production Supervisors | |
| 2019 | 1,025 | 4,694 | 17.9% | 82.1% | |
| 2018 | 1,320 | 5,579 | 19.1% | 80.9% | |
| 2017 | 1,229 | 5,720 | 17.7% | 82.3% | |
| 2016 | 1,192 | 5,648 | 17.4% | 82.6% | |
| 2015 | 1,196 | 5,506 | 17.9% | 82.1% | |
| 2014 | 1,133 | 5,561 | 16.9% | 83.1% | |
| 2013 | 1,114 | 5,659 | 16.5% | 83.5% | |
| 2012 | 1,103 | 5,481 | 16.8% | 83.2% | |
| 2011 | 1,128 | 5,365 | 17.4% | 82.6% | |
| 2010 | 1,153 | 5,537 | 17.2% | 82.8% |

Additionally, female production supervisors tend to be older than male production supervisors. The average age of a female production supervisor is 46.9, while the average age of a male production supervisor is 46.4.
While the majority of U.S. production supervisors are male in 2022, there are still some occupations where females dominate. For example, 81% of word processing supervisor are female. On the other hand, some production supervisor jobs are dominated by males. 94% of pressroom foreman, for instance, are male.
Like most jobs, there's a gender pay gap among production supervisors. The average male production supervisor earns an average annual salary of $62,647, while the average female production supervisor earns an average annual income of $55,426, meaning female production supervisors make 88 cents for every dollar a man earns.
Are production supervisors jobs male or female dominated?
Production Supervisor jobs are male dominated. 17.9% of production supervisors are female and 82.1% of production supervisors are male in the United States.
How has the number of female production supervisors changed over time?
The number of female production supervisors has increased by 0.7% since 2010. In 2010, there were 17.2% female production supervisors and the latest data shows that there are 17.9% female production supervisors in the U.S.

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