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Manufacturing Engineer Career Market Report 2026

1,398 active jobs. 325 companies. Median salary $105K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,398
Active Job Openings
325
Companies Hiring
$105K
Median Salary (US)
75%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Manufacturing Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 75% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $105K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $83K to $146K.

Supply Chain is the most-demanded skill at 30%

Quality Control demand rose +10.0pp — fastest-growing skill

Andurilindustries leads hiring with 58 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Lead (+$24K, +19%)

Salary increase: +$24K · Sample: Senior → Lead

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 0% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior106$100K$122K$146K
Mid-Level58$83K$100K$129K
Junior52$74K$86K$111K
Staff32$129K$152K$173K
Lead15$113K$146K$198K
Entry-Level8$68K$76K$127K

What jumps out

Senior → Lead: +$24K (19%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States281$111KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site8.7%
Remote0.4%
Hybrid0.1%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Supply Chain
30%
Lean Manufacturing
27%
Six Sigma
25%
Project Management
18%
Procurement
18%
Robotics
16%
SolidWorks
16%
AI/LLM
16%
Quality Control
10%
Process Engineering
10%
Data Analysis
10%
AutoCAD
8%

Skills on the Rise

Quality Control ↑+10.0ppAutoCAD ↑+8.0ppQuality Assurance ↑+7.5ppSAP ↑+6.4ppISO 9001 ↑+6.3pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-14.1ppExcel ↓-13.9ppElectrical ↓-13.5ppCNC ↓-10.8ppWelding ↓-8.4pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Andurilindustries584.1%
Globalhr443.1%
Ngc372.6%
Jabil332.4%
Blueorigin312.2%
Space x221.6%
Relativity221.6%
Gevernova211.5%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States829
Mexico27
Germany26
United Kingdom23
Malaysia17
Singapore15
Taiwan15
Canada14

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree47.4%500
Bachelor's Degree26.3%277
Master's Degree14.5%153
MBA0.3%3
PhD / Doctorate0.3%3

Certifications

Six Sigma (4%)

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