Biofuels Production Managers Career, Salary and Skills
Biofuels 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
Manage biofuels production and plant operations. Collect and process information on plant production and performance, diagnose problems, and design corrective procedures.
O*NET code
11-3051.03
Job zone
4
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.88 | 3.62 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Active Listening | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Monitoring | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Speaking | 3.62 | 4.00 |
| Coordination | 3.62 | 4.00 |
| Time Management | 3.50 | 3.75 |
| Writing | 3.50 | 3.50 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.50 | 3.88 |
Typical tasks
- Supervise production employees in the manufacturing of biofuels, such as biodiesel or ethanol.
- Manage operations at biofuels power generation facilities, including production, shipping, maintenance, or quality assurance activities.
- Provide direction to employees to ensure compliance with biofuels plant safety, environmental, or operational standards and regulations.
- Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting biofuels plant safety, operational efficiency, and product quality.
- Review logs, datasheets, or reports to ensure adequate production levels or to identify abnormalities with biofuels production equipment or processes.
- Monitor meters, flow gauges, or other real-time data to ensure proper operation of biofuels production equipment, implementing corrective measures as needed.
- Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of biofuels to maintain processes at required levels.
- Provide training to subordinate or new employees to improve biofuels plant safety or increase the production of biofuels.
Technology
- Adobe Acrobat
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Distributed control system DCS
- Employee scheduling software
- Human machine interface HMI software
- Inventory control software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Web browser software
Biofuels Production Managers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Biofuels Production Managers Salary in CAMedian $132,620 · Employment 25,130
- Biofuels Production Managers Salary in TXMedian $130,890 · Employment 21,200
- Biofuels Production Managers Salary in MIMedian $120,660 · Employment 14,320
- Biofuels Production Managers Salary in OHMedian $109,340 · Employment 14,290
- Biofuels Production Managers Salary in ILMedian $127,270 · Employment 11,570
- Biofuels Production Managers Salary in PAMedian $109,140 · Employment 10,200
- Biofuels Production Managers Salary in NCMedian $125,940 · Employment 9,640
- Biofuels Production Managers Salary in FLMedian $119,870 · Employment 9,480
- Biofuels Production Managers Salary in INMedian $121,500 · Employment 9,400
- Biofuels Production Managers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $128,540 · Employment 9,120
- Biofuels Production Managers Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $129,840 · Employment 8,850
- Biofuels Production Managers Salary in New York, NYMedian $151,630 · Employment 7,220
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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.