Management
Industrial Production Managers
SOC 11-3051
Run a manufacturing plant's output, balancing speed, quality, and cost.
The job
Median pay
$126k
$98k to $162k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+2.6% projected
Openings a year
17k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
7/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
54th pct
More exposed than 54% of occupations · modeled estimate · 41st pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
55/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Active Listening
- Writing
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 25,130 | 1.4 | 0.9× | $133k |
| Texas | 21,200 | 1.5 | 0.9× | $131k |
| Michigan | 14,320 | 3.3 | 2.0× | $121k |
| Ohio | 14,290 | 2.6 | 1.6× | $109k |
| Illinois | 11,570 | 1.9 | 1.2× | $127k |
| Pennsylvania | 10,200 | 1.7 | 1.1× | $109k |
| North Carolina | 9,640 | 2.0 | 1.2× | $126k |
| Florida | 9,480 | 1.0 | 0.6× | $120k |
| Indiana | 9,400 | 2.9 | 1.9× | $122k |
| New Jersey | 6,780 | 1.6 | 1.0× | $147k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 6,630 | 0.7 | 0.4× | $130k |
| Kentucky | 6,430 | 3.2 | 2.0× | $112k |
| South Carolina | 6,390 | 2.8 | 1.8× | $127k |
| Tennessee | 6,310 | 1.9 | 1.2× | $119k |
| Georgia | 5,510 | 1.1 | 0.7× | $128k |
| Minnesota | 5,080 | 1.7 | 1.1× | $124k |
| Washington | 4,760 | 1.3 | 0.8× | $145k |
| Massachusetts | 4,470 | 1.2 | 0.8× | $148k |
| Missouri | 4,110 | 1.4 | 0.9× | $118k |
| Wisconsin | 3,763 | 1.3 | 0.8× | $123k~ |
| Arizona | 3,630 | 1.1 | 0.7× | $125k |
| Alabama | 3,620 | 1.7 | 1.1× | $123k |
| Iowa | 3,620 | 2.3 | 1.5× | $107k |
| Connecticut | 3,360 | 2.0 | 1.3× | $135k |
| Oregon | 3,150 | 1.6 | 1.0× | $119k |
| Louisiana | 2,680 | 1.4 | 0.9× | $133k |
| Utah | 2,590 | 1.5 | 0.9× | $115k |
| Virginia | 2,570 | 0.6 | 0.4× | $128k |
| Arkansas | 2,560 | 2.0 | 1.2× | $118k |
| Maryland | 2,480 | 0.9 | 0.6× | $133k |
| Kansas | 2,420 | 1.7 | 1.1× | $126k |
| Mississippi | 2,290 | 2.0 | 1.2× | $119k |
| Nebraska | 2,160 | 2.1 | 1.3× | $107k |
| Oklahoma | 2,140 | 1.3 | 0.8× | $121k |
| Colorado | 1,730 | 0.6 | 0.4× | $141k |
| Nevada | 1,620 | 1.0 | 0.7× | $112k |
| New Hampshire | 1,540 | 2.3 | 1.4× | $147k |
| Idaho | 1,210 | 1.4 | 0.9× | $107k |
| West Virginia | 1,000 | 1.4 | 0.9× | $112k |
| Rhode Island | 940 | 1.9 | 1.2× | $124k |
| Maine | 800 | 1.2 | 0.8× | $125k |
| South Dakota | 720 | 1.6 | 1.0× | $107k |
| New Mexico | 670 | 0.8 | 0.5× | $125k |
| North Dakota | 490 | 1.1 | 0.7× | $116k |
| Vermont | 480 | 1.6 | 1.0× | $114k |
| Alaska | 410 | 1.3 | 0.8× | $113k |
| Wyoming | 390 | 1.4 | 0.9× | $151k |
| Delaware | 370 | 0.8 | 0.5× | $153k |
| Montana | 270 | 0.5 | 0.3× | $121k |
| Hawaii | 130 | 0.2 | 0.1× | $125k |
| Washington DC | 50 | 0.1 | 0.0× | $124k |
Top metro areas
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA9,120 jobs · $129k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN8,850 jobs · $130k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ7,220 jobs · $152k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX6,060 jobs · $134k median
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI5,950 jobs · $126k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX5,890 jobs · $133k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD3,910 jobs · $126k median
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI3,580 jobs · $128k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Industrial Production Managers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.