Industrial Production Managers Career, Salary and Skills
Industrial Production Managers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $126,060 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 246,250. Wage data is published for 426 locations.
Occupation description
Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.
O*NET code
11-3051.00
Job zone
4
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$126,060
Hourly median
$60.61
Employment
246,250
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$78,000
10th
$98,160
25th
$126,060
Median
$161,880
75th
$205,520
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Monitoring | 4.00 | 4.88 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.00 | 4.38 |
| Coordination | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Active Listening | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Time Management | 3.88 | 4.12 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.88 | 4.25 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.75 | 4.00 |
Typical tasks
- Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
- Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.
- Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
- Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
- Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances.
- Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.
- Prepare and maintain production reports or personnel records.
- Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes.
Technology
- Microsoft Outlook
- ABB Optimize IT Predict & Control
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- AVEVA InTouch HMI
- Citect IIM
- CitectSCADA Reports
- Clockware
- Computer integrated manufacturing CIM software
- Computer integrated manufacturing CIM time manager software
Industrial Production Managers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Industrial Production Managers Salary in CAMedian $132,620 · Employment 25,130
- Industrial Production Managers Salary in TXMedian $130,890 · Employment 21,200
- Industrial Production Managers Salary in MIMedian $120,660 · Employment 14,320
- Industrial Production Managers Salary in OHMedian $109,340 · Employment 14,290
- Industrial Production Managers Salary in ILMedian $127,270 · Employment 11,570
- Industrial Production Managers Salary in PAMedian $109,140 · Employment 10,200
- Industrial Production Managers Salary in NCMedian $125,940 · Employment 9,640
- Industrial Production Managers Salary in FLMedian $119,870 · Employment 9,480
- Industrial Production Managers Salary in INMedian $121,500 · Employment 9,400
- Industrial Production Managers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $128,540 · Employment 9,120
- Industrial Production Managers Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $129,840 · Employment 8,850
- Industrial Production Managers Salary in New York, NYMedian $151,630 · Employment 7,220
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- First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, HandNational median not published
- Team AssemblersNational median not published
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- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersNational median $74,450
- Industrial Engineering Technologists and TechniciansNational median $66,120
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.