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Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers Career, Salary and Skills

Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $171,270 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 220,260. Wage data is published for 384 locations.

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Occupation description

Define, plan, or execute biofuels/biodiesel research programs that evaluate alternative feedstock and process technologies with near-term commercial potential.

O*NET code

11-9041.01

Job zone

4

Typical education

Bachelor's Degree

Experience

Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years

National salary and employment

Median annual

$171,270

Hourly median

$82.34

Employment

220,260

Data year

2025

National salary distribution

$120,810
10th
$139,360
25th
$171,270
Median
$212,500
75th
$262,760
90th

Top skills

SkillImportanceLevel
Judgment and Decision Making3.623.88
Complex Problem Solving3.623.88
Reading Comprehension3.624.25
Systems Analysis3.623.50
Writing3.623.88
Critical Thinking3.624.12
Speaking3.623.50
Active Listening3.503.62
Systems Evaluation3.503.50
Monitoring3.253.88
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Typical tasks

  • Analyze data from biofuels studies, such as fluid dynamics, water treatments, or solvent extraction and recovery processes.
  • Prepare, or oversee the preparation of, experimental plans for biofuels research or development.
  • Provide technical or scientific guidance to technical staff in the conduct of biofuels research or development.
  • Propose new biofuels products, processes, technologies or applications based on findings from applied biofuels or biomass research projects.
  • Conduct experiments on biomass or pretreatment technologies.
  • Prepare biofuels research and development reports for senior management or technical professionals.
  • Develop lab scale models of industrial scale processes, such as fermentation.
  • Design or conduct applied biodiesel or biofuels research projects on topics, such as transport, thermodynamics, mixing, filtration, distillation, fermentation, extraction, and separation.
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Technology

  • Ab Initio
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Agilent ChemStation
  • Dassault Systemes CATIA
  • Email software
  • Epic Systems
  • Fleet Asset Management and Optimization Solutions FAMOS PEPSE
  • Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
  • Fund accounting software
  • GE Energy GateCycle
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Great Plains Personal Data Keeper
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Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers salary by location

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.