Pay
Manufacturing, process & quality engineer salary: what postings actually pay
Base pay by team and level, pulled from live job postings.
Built from 567 live postings that list a pay range, pulled from manufacturers’ career sites. These are base salaries; bonus and overtime aren’t included. “—” means too few postings listed pay to say.
Typical posted base pay by team
Engineer to manager level · middle posting’s low and high end
Manufacturing
$91k–$130k
Process
$99k–$139k
Quality
$89k–$123k
Industrial
$90k–$124k
Production
$109k–$145k
Lean / CI
$101k–$141k
$80k$100k$120k$140k
From 562 live postings that list pay. Updated daily.
Midpoint of posted range, by level
$101k
Engineer
$124k
Senior
$138k
Manager
$225k
Director+
Median of each posting’s midpoint · 557 postings
By team and level
| Team | Engineer | Senior | Manager | Director+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | $85k–$118k | $96k–$135k | $116k–$178k | — |
| Process | $85k–$120k | $115k–$155k | $147k–$201k | — |
| Quality | $79k–$119k | $98k–$148k | $118k–$145k | — |
| Industrial | $84k–$118k | $104k–$158k | — | — |
| Production | $100k–$130k | $135k–$215k | $122k–$174k | — |
| Lean / CI | $84k–$120k | $100k–$149k | $107k–$151k | $204k–$285k |
Typical = the middle posting’s low and high end.
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