Skilled Craft or Trades Supervisor
Salary surveys & compensation benchmarks
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Role summary
Supervises unskilled to highly skilled trades work including but not limited to HVAC, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, masonry, and painting. May also perform skilled trades work. Supervisory tasks range from single trades to the supervision of multiple trades. Generally responsible for hiring, training, disciplining, and conducting performance management and competency assessments for employees. May be required to possess and maintain certification, licensure, educational level, and experience criteria as applicable to the tasks being performed or supervised and follow applicable building codes. Must possess journey level knowledge of one or more trades or advanced knowledge in one trade applicable to area supervised. At a minimum, requires a high school degree and two years of experience in the performance of the full range of journeyman level tasks associated with the trade(s) areas related to the position’s role or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Job summary sourced from the Empsight benchmark job library.
Reports covering Skilled Craft or Trades Supervisor
Skilled Craft or Trades Supervisor salary survey FAQ
- Which compensation surveys cover Skilled Craft or Trades Supervisor pay?
- 1 survey publish Skilled Craft or Trades Supervisor benchmarks, including data from CUPA-HR. The full list is on this page; click into any one for scope, methodology, and pricing.
- How does Skilled Craft or Trades Supervisor pay vary by industry and geography?
- Compensation for Skilled Craft or Trades Supervisor varies by industry, region, company size, and revenue. Most surveys above publish cuts on those dimensions. Industry-specific surveys (healthcare, tech, financial services, etc.) typically report meaningfully different ranges than cross-industry surveys for the same role.
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- Annually is the standard cadence for primary roles. Survey data older than two years is generally too stale for setting current pay ranges, especially in hot segments. Most publishers above release annual editions; a few offer semi-annual updates for fast-moving markets.