Plant Manager Salary (2026)
Typical pay is $126,060 a year, with most plant managers earning between $98,160 and $161,880. Based on the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
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Nationally, the typical plant manager earns $126,060 a year. Early-career pay starts around $98,160, experienced plant managers earn $161,880 or more, and the top 10% make over $205,520. About 246,250 people work in this occupation in the US. Pay is highest in Delaware ($153,000) and, among metro areas, in Manchester-Nashua, NH ($174,360).
Plant Manager salary in the United States
Annual pay, BLS survey of May 2025
What plant managers do
Plant managers and production managers run manufacturing operations, owning safety, output, quality, cost and the teams on every shift. BLS counts them as industrial production managers.
Plant Manager salary by state
Typical annual pay for plant managers in every state where BLS publishes figures, highest first.
| State | Typical | Early career | Experienced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | $153,000 | $129,290 | $178,190 |
| Wyoming | $151,490 | $125,420 | $170,900 |
| Massachusetts | $148,050 | $125,390 | $184,050 |
| New Jersey | $147,260 | $114,490 | $177,870 |
| New Hampshire | $146,590 | $120,660 | $191,620 |
| Washington | $145,210 | $135,210 | $172,140 |
| Colorado | $141,020 | $108,170 | $189,300 |
| Connecticut | $134,780 | $106,140 | $163,270 |
| Louisiana | $133,210 | $103,880 | $168,560 |
| California | $132,620 | $102,490 | $173,660 |
| Maryland | $132,540 | $102,550 | $167,110 |
| Texas | $130,890 | $98,260 | $165,980 |
| New York | $130,470 | $101,260 | $167,080 |
| Virginia | $128,230 | $101,550 | $167,180 |
| Georgia | $127,820 | $99,110 | $161,270 |
| Illinois | $127,270 | $101,990 | $162,070 |
| South Carolina | $126,880 | $100,490 | $161,270 |
| North Carolina | $125,940 | $97,460 | $161,330 |
| Kansas | $125,750 | $100,360 | $159,660 |
| Arizona | $124,810 | $100,720 | $154,870 |
| Maine | $124,810 | $105,340 | $158,410 |
| New Mexico | $124,670 | $99,170 | $173,540 |
| Hawaii | $124,650 | $83,380 | $169,680 |
| District of Columbia | $124,420 | $107,990 | $165,860 |
| Rhode Island | $124,120 | $102,830 | $161,210 |
| Minnesota | $123,580 | $98,400 | $160,810 |
| Alabama | $122,520 | $92,350 | $160,380 |
| Indiana | $121,500 | $98,740 | $157,830 |
| Montana | $120,690 | $96,530 | $155,260 |
| Michigan | $120,660 | $97,090 | $148,360 |
| Oklahoma | $120,570 | $90,760 | $145,610 |
| Florida | $119,870 | $86,090 | $161,970 |
| Tennessee | $119,430 | $92,090 | $155,240 |
| Oregon | $119,420 | $95,460 | $145,900 |
| Mississippi | $118,660 | $95,220 | $151,780 |
| Arkansas | $118,120 | $96,860 | $163,210 |
| Missouri | $117,660 | $91,120 | $146,110 |
| North Dakota | $116,050 | $97,360 | $146,710 |
| Utah | $115,290 | $94,150 | $145,430 |
| Vermont | $114,150 | $92,820 | $140,260 |
| Alaska | $113,280 | $94,140 | $146,990 |
| Nevada | $112,270 | $87,170 | $141,570 |
| Kentucky | $112,250 | $91,490 | $145,070 |
| West Virginia | $111,760 | $95,480 | $141,750 |
| Ohio | $109,340 | $88,500 | $138,560 |
| Pennsylvania | $109,140 | $87,170 | $143,480 |
| South Dakota | $107,490 | $96,530 | $132,470 |
| Idaho | $107,340 | $85,720 | $135,640 |
| Nebraska | $107,200 | $87,550 | $133,840 |
| Iowa | $106,510 | $90,990 | $133,140 |
Highest-paying metro areas
| Metro area | Typical |
|---|---|
| 1. Manchester-Nashua, NH | $174,360 |
| 2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $171,140 |
| 3. Lexington Park, MD | $167,040 |
| 4. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $166,030 |
| 5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $164,420 |
| 6. Longview-Kelso, WA | $163,970 |
| 7. Boulder, CO | $162,040 |
| 8. Napa, CA | $161,220 |
| 9. Lewiston, ID-WA | $157,500 |
| 10. Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $157,160 |
| 11. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $156,710 |
| 12. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $156,180 |
| 13. Midland, MI | $154,070 |
| 14. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $153,210 |
| 15. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $151,630 |
Pay in Apollo's markets
| Metro | Typical |
|---|---|
| Atlanta | $127,660 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | $132,990 |
| Houston | $133,870 |
| Austin | $129,390 |
| Charlotte | $128,640 |
| Raleigh | $130,120 |
| San Antonio | $126,060 |
| Chicago | $129,840 |
| Orlando | $121,840 |
| Tampa | $119,360 |
| Miami | $120,090 |
| Jacksonville | $122,190 |
| Greenville-Spartanburg | $129,490 |
| Columbia, SC | $128,050 |
| Charleston, SC | $124,060 |
| Savannah | $136,620 |
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Plant Manager salary FAQs
How much does a plant manager make in the US?
The typical (median) plant manager in the US earns $126,060 a year, or about $60.61 an hour (BLS, May 2025). Half earn more and half earn less.
What is the entry-level salary for a plant manager in the US?
Early-career plant managers in the US typically earn around $98,160 (the 25th percentile), and the lowest-paid 10% earn under $78,000. Degree, internships, licenses and the industry all move starting pay.
How much do experienced plant managers earn in the US?
Experienced plant managers in the US earn $161,880 or more (the 75th percentile), and the top 10% earn over $205,520.
Which state pays plant managers the most?
Delaware has the highest typical pay for plant managers at $153,000 a year. The highest-paying metro area is Manchester-Nashua, NH at $174,360 (BLS, May 2025).
Are plant managers in demand?
BLS projects employment in this occupation to grow 2.6% from 2025 to 2035, compared with 3.5% for all jobs, with about 17,000 openings a year nationally as people retire, change jobs or the field grows.
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Where these numbers come from
Pay figures come from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program (OEWS), which surveys about 1.1 million employer locations and is the government's main source of pay by occupation and location. This page uses the May 2025 survey, released in 2026, and updates itself when BLS publishes the next year's figures. Job outlook comes from the BLS Employment Projections for 2025–35. Cost of living comes from the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities for 2024, where the US average is 100.
Pay is base wages and salary before tax. It does not include bonuses, overtime, benefits or equity. Early career is the 25th percentile (a quarter of workers earn less), Typical is the median and Experienced is the 75th percentile. The bar shows the full range from the 10th to the 90th percentile. The salary rank check estimates a percentile by drawing straight lines between those five published points.
BLS groups some job titles together. Controls engineers, for example, are counted with electrical engineers, and CAD designers with drafters. Each result names the BLS occupation it uses so you can see exactly what is being measured. BLS does not publish every occupation in every area, for example when too few people in a job were surveyed or when a figure does not meet its reliability standards. When a metro figure is missing, the calculator shows the state figure, or the national figure if the state is also missing, and says so.
BLS occupation used on this page: Industrial Production Managers (SOC 11-3051).