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Production Technician Career Market Report 2026

337 active jobs. 120 companies. Median salary $48K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

337
Active Job Openings
120
Companies Hiring
$48K
Median Salary (US)
76%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Production Technician 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: 76% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $48K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $46K to $68K.

Quality Control is the most-demanded skill at 15%

Logistics demand rose +3.9pp — fastest-growing skill

Curaleaf leads hiring with 15 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$2K, +4%)

Salary increase: +$2K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

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

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

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Junior19$46K$48K$52K
Mid-Level8$40K$50K$83K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$2K (4%) — 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 States38$50KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site5.3%
Remote1.2%
Hybrid0.0%

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

Top Skills in Demand

Quality Control
15%
Quality Assurance
13%
Forklift
13%
OSHA
12%
Supply Chain
11%
Lean Manufacturing
9%
Docker
9%
AI/LLM
9%
Community Outreach
8%
Logistics
4%
Inventory Management
4%
Robotics
3%

Skills on the Rise

Logistics ↑+3.9ppInventory Management ↑+3.5ppRobotics ↑+3.1pp

Declining in Demand

Attention to Detail ↓-21.5ppJournalism ↓-16.9ppTalent Acquisition ↓-11.3ppHousekeeping ↓-11.3ppActing ↓-7.7pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Curaleaf154.5%
Greenthumbindustries154.5%
Space x133.9%
Andurilindustries123.6%
Airliquidehr123.6%
Baxter113.3%
Integratedresources82.4%
Firstquality61.8%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States168
Singapore10
Canada9
Vietnam8
United Kingdom6
Finland4
Lebanon2
Philippines2

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree76.9%196
Master's Degree8.6%22
High School / GED1.2%3
Bachelor's Degree0.8%2

Certifications

Forklift Certification (8%)

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