Side-by-side distribution
Manufacturing Engineer
$124,900
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 40.3%
- Live roles
- 3,335
Production Manager
$94,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 35.5%
- Live roles
- 1,815
Highest-paying jobs
Research Engineer, Production Model Post-Training
Manufacturing Engineer III (Controls Technician)
Software Engineer, Manufacturing Infrastructure
Production Support Engineer - Trading Systems
Risk and Pnl Production Support Engineer
Manufacturing Engineer - Data Center Hardware
Product Engineer - Manufacturing Operations
Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Data Center Power & Cooling
Internal Acceleration, Engineer (Production)
Internal Acceleration, Research Engineer (Production)
Highest-paying jobs
Production Supervisor 2nd Shift
Manager, Security Engineering, Production Security
Manager, Software Engineering - Production Engineering
Engineering Manager, Production Engineering
Tech Lead and Manager (TLM), Production Engineering
Marketing - Senior Manager/Manager, Event Production, Events & Experiences
SAP Production Planning & Execution Manager - Industrial
AMC-R Production Program Manager 3
Senior Manager, Production Engineering
Program Manager II-Production
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$167,000 | 191 |
|
Northrop Grumman
|
$110,650 | 82 |
Blue Origin
|
$110,222 | 42 |
SpaceX
|
$115,000 | 37 |
Relativity Space
|
$130,000 | 35 |
Applied Materials
|
$93,250 | 28 |
| GV GE Vernova | $109,200 | 21 |
Abbott
|
$106,700 | 20 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anduril Industries
|
$170,000 | 17 |
Kraft Heinz
|
$87,550 | 16 |
|
Northrop Grumman
|
$174,800 | 13 |
Heidelberg Materials
|
$99,047 | 13 |
Flex
|
$101,600 | 9 |
Oshkosh Corporation
|
$95,500 | 9 |
Gotion, Inc.
|
$90,000 | 9 |
| JC Johnson Controls | $60,542 | 9 |
Manufacturing Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $201,600 | 45 |
| New York | $174,000 | 44 |
| Los Angeles | $152,500 | 53 |
| Atlanta | $142,750 | 10 |
| Denver | $140,000 | 5 |
| Seattle | $134,471 | 51 |
| Chicago | $130,000 | 8 |
| Singapore | $124,800 | 5 |
| Austin | $114,000 | 29 |
| Toronto | $108,300 | 3 |
Production Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $194,100 | 9 |
| Seattle | $120,000 | 5 |
| Los Angeles | $107,500 | 19 |
| Chicago | $103,208 | 13 |
| New York | $95,000 | 39 |
| Toronto | $80,750 | 7 |
| Denver | $79,383 | 5 |
| Boston | $76,500 | 12 |
| Austin | $58,963 | 3 |
Manufacturing Engineer vs Production Manager: which pays more?
The median for Manufacturing Engineer is $124,900 per year (typically $99,950–$157,554), versus $94,500 for Production Manager ($78,000–$122,500). That puts Manufacturing Engineer about 32% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Manufacturing Engineer and Production Manager are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.