Industrial Production Managers salary

SOC 11-3051 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$126,060

per year, nationally

Middle half

$98,160–$161,880

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

246,250

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+1.9%

17,100 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$78,000$205,520

10th: $78,000
25th: $98,160
Median: $126,060
75th: $161,880
90th: $205,520

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: 5 years or more
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where industrial production managers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Delaware	$153,000	99.8	370	0.48×
2	Wyoming	$151,490	92.7	390	0.88×
3	Massachusetts	$148,050	105.8	4,470	0.78×
4	New Jersey	$147,260	108.8	6,780	1.00×
5	New Hampshire	$146,590	104.2	1,540	1.42×
6	Washington	$145,210	107.0	4,760	0.85×
7	Colorado	$141,020	103.1	1,730	0.38×
8	Connecticut	$134,780	103.6	3,360	1.25×
9	Louisiana	$133,210	88.2	2,680	0.87×
10	California	$132,620	110.7	25,130	0.87×
11	Maryland	$132,540	105.0	2,480	0.57×
12	Texas	$130,890	97.1	21,200	0.95×
13	New York	$130,470	107.9	6,630	0.43×
14	Virginia	$128,230	101.1	2,570	0.40×
15	Georgia	$127,820	96.3	5,510	0.71×
16	Illinois	$127,270	100.0	11,570	1.20×
17	South Carolina	$126,880	93.7	6,390	1.75×
18	North Carolina	$125,940	94.3	9,640	1.23×
19	Kansas	$125,750	90.1	2,420	1.07×
20	Maine	$124,810	97.0	800	0.79×
21	Arizona	$124,810	100.7	3,630	0.71×
22	New Mexico	$124,670	92.2	670	0.49×
23	Hawaii	$124,650	110.0	130	0.13×
24	District of Columbia	$124,420	109.9	50	0.05×
25	Rhode Island	$124,120	102.3	940	1.19×
26	Minnesota	$123,580	98.6	5,080	1.09×
27	Alabama	$122,520	88.8	3,620	1.08×
28	Indiana	$121,500	93.3	9,400	1.85×
29	Montana	$120,690	94.6	270	0.34×
30	Michigan	$120,660	96.2	14,320	2.05×
31	Oklahoma	$120,570	87.8	2,140	0.79×
32	Florida	$119,870	103.4	9,480	0.60×
33	Tennessee	$119,430	91.9	6,310	1.21×
34	Oregon	$119,420	103.4	3,150	1.01×
35	Mississippi	$118,660	87.0	2,290	1.24×
36	Arkansas	$118,120	86.9	2,560	1.24×
37	Missouri	$117,660	90.8	4,110	0.88×
38	North Dakota	$116,050	89.0	490	0.72×
39	Utah	$115,290	98.9	2,590	0.94×
40	Vermont	$114,150	98.0	480	1.00×
41	Alaska	$113,280	102.4	410	0.79×
42	Nevada	$112,270	100.0	1,620	0.66×
43	Kentucky	$112,250	90.2	6,430	2.03×
44	West Virginia	$111,760	89.5	1,000	0.90×
45	Ohio	$109,340	92.8	14,290	1.63×
46	Pennsylvania	$109,140	97.6	10,200	1.06×
47	South Dakota	$107,490	88.6	720	0.99×
48	Idaho	$107,340	95.5	1,210	0.89×
49	Nebraska	$107,200	90.1	2,160	1.33×
50	Iowa	$106,510	87.8	3,620	1.47×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where industrial production managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for industrial production managers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$174,360	105.7	700	2.22×
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$171,140	110.4	2,210	1.23×
3	Lexington Park, MD	$167,040	100.8	60	0.49×
4	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$166,030	108.6	240	1.24×
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$164,420	115.6	2,990	0.80×
6	Longview-Kelso, WA	$163,970	97.5	100	1.49×
7	Boulder, CO	$162,040	105.2	230	0.75×
8	Napa, CA	$161,220	112.6	240	1.95×
9	Lewiston, ID-WA	$157,500	91.2	70	1.62×
10	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$157,160	103.2	320	0.84×
11	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$156,710	100.4	190	0.97×
12	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$156,180	105.6	40	0.27×
13	Midland, MI	$154,070	91.9	110	1.79×
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$153,210	108.3	3,500	0.82×
15	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$151,630	112.6	7,220	0.48×
16	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$151,580	111.1	3,400	1.03×
17	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$150,860	90.0	550	2.13×
18	Bellingham, WA	$150,800	103.3	110	0.74×
19	Decatur, AL	$150,030	87.2	240	2.46×
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$148,440	106.9	580	0.91×
21	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$148,320	100.1	100	0.47×
22	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$147,980	92.6	580	0.82×
23	Aguadilla, PR	$146,710	—	50	0.61×
24	Ithaca, NY	$146,500	103.3	30	0.43×
25	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$146,460	105.8	830	0.33×
26	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$143,990	102.4	80	0.93×
27	Bloomington, IN	$143,270	95.1	230	1.96×
28	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$141,300	99.6	560	0.78×
29	Greeley, CO	$139,990	100.2	170	0.88×
30	Baton Rouge, LA	$139,860	90.8	690	1.06×
31	Worcester, MA	$138,430	102.5	590	1.07×
32	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$137,950	97.6	620	1.14×
33	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$137,860	108.9	1,290	0.26×
34	Vallejo, CA	$136,940	108.5	200	0.90×
35	Lake Charles, LA	$136,800	85.9	200	1.26×
36	Savannah, GA	$136,620	95.2	250	0.80×
37	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$136,570	101.1	130	0.47×
38	Gainesville, GA	$136,460	96.8	190	1.13×
39	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$136,410	91.4	670	1.54×
40	Huntsville, AL	$136,240	93.1	440	1.04×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where industrial production managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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