Manufacturing Engineer salary
What a manufacturing engineer actually earns, from 51 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-25.
What the number means
A manufacturing engineer earns a blended US median near 121,356 dollars, with the typical middle running from 96,239 dollars to 144,555 dollars. The official OEWS median is 101,140 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 15 percent since 2019. Demand is rated moderate, and 2% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is industrial engineer, at 67 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open manufacturing engineer roles
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- Sr. Tooling Engineer at Direct employerTaichung City, TaiwanTodayUnlock
- Ingeniero de Manufactura at Direct employerLa Piedad, MXTodayUnlock
- Senior Process Industrialization Engineer (80-100%) at BELIMO Automation AGHinwil, Zürich, SwitzerlandTodayApply
- Praktikum Manufacturing Engineering für Humanoide Robotik at Direct employerAnsbach, DE1d agoUnlock
- Prozessingenieur (m/w/d) für pharmazeutische und biotechnologische Produktionsanlagen at Direct employerMannheim, DE1d agoUnlock
- Ingeniero de Manufactura (Temporal) at Direct employerLOC5027: Plant F, Carretera a Villa de García Km. 3.0 , Sant1d agoUnlock
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- California$123,070
- Washington$119,670
- Arizona$110,100
- Maryland$109,560
- Massachusetts$108,350
- Texas$103,430
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a manufacturing engineer profile already covers.
- 4589 open project manager roles$125,305 median · +$3,949 · 38% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a manufacturing engineer.
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Related salaries
- Industrial Engineer salary$101,852 median
- Chemical Engineer salary$110,881 median
- Mechanical Engineer salary$112,519 median
Quick answers
How much does a manufacturing engineer make?
The blended US median is about 121,356 dollars, with a typical range from 96,239 dollars to 144,555 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 101,140 dollars.
Is manufacturing engineer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated moderate in our July 2026 corpus, with 2% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a manufacturing engineer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is industrial engineer, at 67 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 17-2112. Live corpus 51 observations, 2026-09-25. Definitions in the glossary.