Cities where Jobs in Manufacturing Pay the Most

It is palpable that not all manufacturing jobs offer the same opportunities. For starters, pay scales are bound to vary between cities and towns; and opportunities are also bound to vary between industries. There are a number of statistics and reports that suggest diversity in scope and opportunity among different cities as well as industrial sectors. For example, it has been found the high-tech manufacturing jobs such as those in industries belonging to pharmaceuticals, computers, aerospace and electronic parts tend to pay the best salaries.

On the other hand, a recent study delivered the following results in a research that aimed to identify the best paying cities for manufacturing jobs –

1.      San Jose – Sunnyvale – Santa Clara, California: -

With an average manufacturing wage that goes up to a whopping 144,899 USD per annum, this city is known to offer the highest salary packages. With a 17.5% share in total jobs in manufacturing, the most prevalent industries in this region belong to the computers and electronic sectors.

2.      Bridgeport- Stamford- Norwalk, Connecticut –

Holding a 9% share of jobs in manufacturing, the average manufacturing wage of this city is 95,507 USD. The Aerospace, computers, electronics and machinery industries are the largest manufacturers in this region.

3.      San Francisco – Oakland- Fremont, California-

This region is known to hold 6% of the manufacturing jobs in all of United States. The average manufacturing wage here goes up to 91,761 USD and the highest paying industries belong to the food, pharmaceuticals, computers and electronic sectors.

4.      Austin- Round Rock, Texas -  

With an average manufacturing wage of 88,026 USD the computers and electronics manufacturing units here are among the largest employers. The share of total jobs in manufacturing in this city is about 6%.

In addition to this, the other cities that make it to the list those with the highest paying manufacturing opportunities are Palm Bay-Melbourne, Houston- Sugar Land- Baytown, Washington- Arlington- Alexandria, San Diego – Carlsbad- San Marcos, Boston- Cambridge- Quincy, and Oxnard- Thousand Oaks- Ventura.