Learn about the types of people who become food production supervisors. This page goes into detail about the employment, gender, and ethnic ratios of the workplace.


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Gender Mix By Career Interest, 2024

This graph shows the distribution of females and males that are interested in becoming a food production supervisor. Four or five star ratings on CareerExplorer indicate interest.

More men than women are interested in becoming food production supervisors at a ratio of 1.38 to 1.

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Actual Gender Mix, 2024

36% of food production supervisors are female and 64% are male.

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Gender Bias, 2024

This is one of the most compelling statistics we collect. Gender bias shows the difference between gender interest in being a food production supervisor and the actual gender mix of people in the career.

If there is a significant difference, then it means there is a gender imbalance between those interested in becoming a food production supervisor and those who end up becoming one.

In this case there are more women interested in becoming a food production supervisor than those actually working as one. It is hard to pinpoint the exact reasons why, but there are likely various forces at play, from changing interests over time to societal norms and biases.

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Ethnic Mix, 2019

The largest ethnic group of food production supervisors are White, making up 53% of the population. The next highest segments are Black or African American and Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish, making up 13% and 11% respectively.