Hiring an industrial production manager in Worcester, MA
Employers in the Worcester, MA area pay industrial production managers a median of $138,430, with the middle half of the market between $122,690 and $175,110. Worcester residents working in management occupations report a median of $77,664, which is 44% below what the metro pays for this role.
What does an industrial production manager earn here?
Place of work
What employers pay
| 25th percentile | $122,690 |
| Median | $138,430 |
| 75th percentile | $175,110 |
Half of industrial production managers in this area earn between $122,690 and $175,110. A band set below $122,690 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.
Place of residence
What Worcester residents earn
$77,664
Median earnings of Worcester residents working in management occupations, 9,924 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.
The 44% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.
The role pays well above the local residential norm, which usually means you can hire from inside Worcester rather than competing for commuters.
What does the role actually involve?
Core tasks
- 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.
O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 11-3051.
Tools and technologies in demand
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe After Effects, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop.
O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.
Is the talent actually in Worcester?
This is a job zone three: medium preparation needed occupation. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
It does not require a degree, which widens the pool considerably. For context, 34.1% of Worcester adults hold one. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.
The average Worcester commute runs 25.1 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 10.7% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.
How often do these jobs turn over?
In Worcester County, management of companies and enterprises employs 4,001 and turns over 7.0% a quarter, with 413 hires against 436 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $9,490 a month. Census LEHD Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2024 Q1, NAICS 55.
That figure covers every occupation in the industry, not this role alone, so read it as the local churn rate rather than as a number about industrial production managers. It still tells you what you are hiring into: a normal churn rate, where a well-run search closes on schedule.
What does the search cost?
The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's median would bill roughly $27,686 to $41,529 on the first year salary alone.
One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.
Price this search
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Hiring an industrial production manager somewhere else?
Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.
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Worcester is the 2th largest of 2 Massachusetts cities in this dataset.