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Management

Industrial Production Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.

Also called: Area Plant Manager, Assembly Manager, General Production Manager, Manufacturing Coordinator, Manufacturing Manager, Plant Manager

Median pay in Greater Boston
$153,210
$73.66/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
3,500
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+2.3%
360 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
Bachelor's degree
5 years or more of related work experience

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$100,950$128,600$153,210$191,740$231,740

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • 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.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Moderate exposure56 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 59
  • Language-model AIOE 56
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 53

Observed AI use today: Little or none (Anthropic Economic Index)

AI exposure for industrial production managers is moderate, and observed AI use is little or none so far. AI tools could help with reviewing production schedules, inventory needs, and quality data. Hands-on work like examining products, solving problems on the floor, and hiring, training, and supporting staff still depends on people.

Likely to change

  • Scheduling and inventory planning
  • Reviewing quality and production data

Still relies on people

  • Solving problems on the production floor
  • Hiring, training, and supporting staff

Written with AI from the data on this page. Check with a career coach before making a decision.

Training near Boston

College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).

66 programs near Boston (plus 42 graduate)

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