Industrial Production Managers · SOC 11-3051

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Industrial Production Managerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for industrial production managers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 374 metro areas

Industrial Production Managers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$174,360	700	3.5
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$171,140	2,210	2.0
3	Lexington Park, MD	$167,040	60	0.8
4	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$166,030	240	2.0
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$164,420	2,990	1.3
6	Longview-Kelso, WA	$163,970	100	2.4
7	Boulder, CO	$162,040	230	1.2
8	Napa, CA	$161,220	240	3.1
9	Lewiston, ID-WA	$157,500	70	2.6
10	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$157,160	320	1.3
11	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$156,710	190	1.5
12	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$156,180	40	0.4
13	Midland, MI	$154,070	110	2.8
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$153,210	3,500	1.3
15	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$151,630	7,220	0.8
16	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$151,580	3,400	1.6
17	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$150,860	550	3.4
18	Bellingham, WA	$150,800	110	1.2
19	Decatur, AL	$150,030	240	3.9
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$148,440	580	1.4
21	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$148,320	100	0.7
22	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$147,980	580	1.3
23	Aguadilla, PR	$146,710	50	1.0
24	Ithaca, NY	$146,500	30	0.7
25	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$146,460	830	0.5

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Industrial Production Managers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.