Production Planner Salary (2026)
Typical pay is $59,650 a year, with most production planners earning between $47,820 and $75,000. Based on the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
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Nationally, the typical production planner earns $59,650 a year. Early-career pay starts around $47,820, experienced production planners earn $75,000 or more, and the top 10% make over $86,000. About 390,160 people work in this occupation in the US. Pay is highest in Washington ($77,190) and, among metro areas, in Idaho Falls, ID ($83,790).
Production Planner salary in the United States
Annual pay, BLS survey of May 2025
What production planners do
Production planners and material planners schedule production, order materials and keep factories supplied, using MRP and ERP systems. BLS counts them as production, planning and expediting clerks, which is the occupation used here.
Production Planner salary by state
Typical annual pay for production planners in every state where BLS publishes figures, highest first.
| State | Typical | Early career | Experienced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | $77,190 | $64,150 | $81,850 |
| District of Columbia | $72,660 | $60,990 | $79,090 |
| Wyoming | $69,710 | $51,540 | $76,360 |
| Rhode Island | $65,310 | $53,550 | $81,420 |
| Colorado | $63,980 | $53,830 | $78,470 |
| Hawaii | $63,780 | $50,850 | $82,930 |
| Connecticut | $63,240 | $52,570 | $83,630 |
| California | $63,000 | $49,700 | $78,230 |
| New Jersey | $62,710 | $50,050 | $76,360 |
| Delaware | $62,700 | $48,800 | $77,080 |
| Alaska | $62,590 | $52,070 | $74,970 |
| Virginia | $61,780 | $48,980 | $75,590 |
| Michigan | $61,670 | $49,690 | $77,310 |
| Utah | $61,650 | $49,900 | $77,630 |
| New Hampshire | $61,590 | $50,820 | $77,230 |
| Minnesota | $61,490 | $51,380 | $74,960 |
| New York | $60,920 | $49,500 | $75,640 |
| Oregon | $60,790 | $50,320 | $69,240 |
| Vermont | $60,560 | $50,250 | $74,280 |
| Iowa | $60,320 | $50,290 | $65,760 |
| Massachusetts | $60,280 | $49,140 | $73,330 |
| Maine | $60,200 | $37,130 | $77,440 |
| Louisiana | $60,120 | $47,010 | $76,050 |
| Idaho | $59,950 | $47,730 | $83,390 |
| Pennsylvania | $59,240 | $47,430 | $71,870 |
| Indiana | $58,980 | $47,850 | $73,420 |
| Maryland | $58,590 | $47,930 | $71,840 |
| Arizona | $58,580 | $48,470 | $71,290 |
| Wisconsin | $58,540 | $47,820 | $66,110 |
| North Dakota | $58,330 | $50,190 | $73,210 |
| Illinois | $57,880 | $47,250 | $71,760 |
| Ohio | $57,830 | $46,190 | $70,200 |
| South Carolina | $57,640 | $47,300 | $74,170 |
| Alabama | $57,240 | $46,850 | $71,470 |
| Kansas | $57,080 | $46,200 | $71,960 |
| Georgia | $56,850 | $47,510 | $66,730 |
| Oklahoma | $56,300 | $44,630 | $74,010 |
| West Virginia | $56,290 | $48,710 | $75,720 |
| Texas | $55,850 | $44,340 | $70,720 |
| Nevada | $55,790 | $45,660 | $71,890 |
| Nebraska | $55,710 | $47,110 | $67,220 |
| Kentucky | $55,690 | $45,090 | $72,950 |
| Missouri | $54,170 | $45,470 | $71,170 |
| Tennessee | $53,020 | $45,980 | $64,420 |
| North Carolina | $52,640 | $44,670 | $63,810 |
| Florida | $51,940 | $44,160 | $63,110 |
| Mississippi | $51,080 | $41,850 | $69,240 |
| Montana | $50,800 | $43,070 | $60,990 |
| South Dakota | $50,530 | $45,200 | $59,020 |
| Arkansas | $50,350 | $43,940 | $65,740 |
| New Mexico | $49,640 | $41,910 | $66,330 |
Highest-paying metro areas
| Metro area | Typical |
|---|---|
| 1. Idaho Falls, ID | $83,790 |
| 2. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $81,850 |
| 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $76,900 |
| 4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $76,500 |
| 5. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $76,070 |
| 6. Longview-Kelso, WA | $75,190 |
| 7. Bay City, MI | $74,030 |
| 8. Decatur, IL | $73,680 |
| 9. Tuscaloosa, AL | $70,610 |
| 10. Carson City, NV | $69,930 |
| 11. Midland, MI | $68,880 |
| 12. Ogden, UT | $68,500 |
| 13. Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $68,470 |
| 14. Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | $68,420 |
| 15. Fairbanks-College, AK | $68,180 |
Pay in Apollo's markets
| Metro | Typical |
|---|---|
| Atlanta | $58,310 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | $56,360 |
| Houston | $57,600 |
| Austin | $52,300 |
| Charlotte | $57,340 |
| Raleigh | $59,190 |
| San Antonio | $56,040 |
| Chicago | $59,900 |
| Orlando | $50,040 |
| Tampa | $50,870 |
| Miami | $52,070 |
| Jacksonville | $54,200 |
| Greenville-Spartanburg | $57,020 |
| Columbia, SC | $60,090 |
| Charleston, SC | $58,690 |
| Savannah | $58,050 |
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Production Planner salary FAQs
How much does a production planner make in the US?
The typical (median) production planner in the US earns $59,650 a year, or about $28.68 an hour (BLS, May 2025). Half earn more and half earn less.
What is the entry-level salary for a production planner in the US?
Early-career production planners in the US typically earn around $47,820 (the 25th percentile), and the lowest-paid 10% earn under $40,080. Degree, internships, licenses and the industry all move starting pay.
How much do experienced production planners earn in the US?
Experienced production planners in the US earn $75,000 or more (the 75th percentile), and the top 10% earn over $86,000.
Which state pays production planners the most?
Washington has the highest typical pay for production planners at $77,190 a year. The highest-paying metro area is Idaho Falls, ID at $83,790 (BLS, May 2025).
Are production planners in demand?
BLS projects employment in this occupation to shrink 1.3% from 2025 to 2035, compared with 3.5% for all jobs, with about 32,600 openings a year nationally as people retire, change jobs or the field grows.
Hiring production planners?
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: Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks (SOC 43-5061).