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Manufacturing Salaries

NAICS 31-33 · BLS OEWS May 2024 · Updated Apr 3, 2025

Factories and plants producing food, textiles, wood, paper, chemicals, metals, machinery, electronics, vehicles, and other goods.

Total Workforce
13M
workers in this sector
Median Annual Pay
$52K
across all occupations

Top Roles in Manufacturing

Top 25 by employment in this sector · wages are sector-specific
#OccupationWorkforce Median Pay
1Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
SOC 51-2090
1.1M$44,770
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
SOC 51-1011
497K$72,800
3Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
SOC 53-7062
407K$41,260
4Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
SOC 51-9061
377K$48,170
5Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
SOC 51-9111
302K$43,010
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
SOC 51-4121
279K$49,740
7General and Operations Managers
SOC 11-1021
253K$128,030
8Machinists
SOC 51-4041
250K$55,590
9Industrial Engineers
SOC 17-2112
237K$100,060
10Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
SOC 41-4012
234K$75,900
11Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
SOC 43-5071
232K$45,870
12Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
SOC 51-2028
229K$44,000
13Industrial Machinery Mechanics
SOC 49-9041
224K$64,680
14Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
SOC 49-9071
207K$60,440
15Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
SOC 53-7051
179K$45,200
16Industrial Production Managers
SOC 11-3051
175K$119,930
17Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
SOC 51-9161
163K$50,140
18Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
SOC 53-3032
159K$54,860
19Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
SOC 51-4031
154K$45,810
20Food Batchmakers
SOC 51-3092
145K$43,980
21Packers and Packagers, Hand
SOC 53-7064
142K$36,570
22Software Developers
SOC 15-1252
141K$134,910
23Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
SOC 51-4072
139K$42,790
24Customer Service Representatives
SOC 43-4051
132K$49,330
25Office Clerks, General
SOC 43-9061
130K$46,000

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