Manufacturing Technician salary
What a manufacturing technician actually earns, from 143 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 2026-09-22.
Switch the market above to see manufacturing technician pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A manufacturing technician earns a blended US median near 54,537 dollars, with the typical middle running from 43,786 dollars to 74,025 dollars. The official trend has moved up about 30 percent since 2019. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is controls engineer, at 39 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
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Operator / Operatorka z wpisem na listę KPO w Centrum Operacyjnym -Mokotów at SecuritasWarsaw, PLTodayUnlock- Produktionsmitarbeiter at Fach-personal.ch AgLenzburg, Aargau, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Produktionsmitarbeiter at Flexsis PrattelnSissach, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland1d agoApply
Produktionsmitarbeiter 3-Schicht at Workmanagement AGStäfa, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
Operator I (Onsite) at AxonArizona, USA1d agoUnlock
Drone Assembly Operator at Fotokite AGZürich, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
By country
- United States$43,786$54,537$74,025
- United Kingdom$40,540$45,110$55,005
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a manufacturing technician profile already covers.
- 140 open industrial engineer roles$100,572 median · +$46,035 · 27% readiness
- 175 open electronics technician roles$85,883 median · +$31,346 · 37% readiness
- 1765 open electrician roles$74,664 median · +$20,127 · 30% readiness
- 902 open automotive technician roles$72,842 median · +$18,305 · 35% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a manufacturing technician.
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Related salaries
- Electronics Technician salary$85,883 median
- Automotive Technician salary$72,842 median
- Electrician salary$74,664 median
Quick answers
How much does a manufacturing technician make?
The blended US median is about 54,537 dollars, with a typical range from 43,786 dollars to 74,025 dollars.
What can a manufacturing technician move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is controls engineer, at 39 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 51-9199. Live corpus 143 observations, 2026-09-22. Definitions in the glossary.