BLS metro-level wage data places First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ at a median of $58,720 per year ($28.23/hr/hour), drawn from the OEWS May 2025 release for this Metropolitan Statistical Area. Compared to the national median of $48,590, New York-Newark-Jersey City pays +21% above, signaling either concentrated employer demand, a cost-of-living premium, or both. Approximately 8,970 first-line supervisors of personal service workerss are employed across the New York-Newark-Jersey City MSA in SOC 39-1022.

The New York-Newark-Jersey City pay distribution spans from $39,700 at the 10th percentile to $83,200 at the 90th — a 2.1× spread that reflects experience tenure, specialization, employer size, and the difference between public-sector, nonprofit, and private-sector compensation inside the metro. The 25th percentile sits at $46,920 and the 75th at $72,350, so half of New York-Newark-Jersey City-based first-line supervisors of personal service workerss earn within that middle band.

Metro figures capture where you actually work, not just where you live — which matters for commuters. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. Remember that OEWS wages reflect base pay only: employer-provided health insurance, retirement matches, stock options, signing bonuses, overtime, and tips are excluded and can add 20-40% to real total compensation. Before using this metro median as a negotiation anchor, triangulate against the same occupation's national profile (linked below), its state-wide NY data, and peer-metro comparisons — a median is a starting point, not a ceiling.