As of June 2026, Industrial Production Managers has an AI-exposure score of 60/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Industrial Production Managers
More exposed than 65% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$126,060. About 17,100 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
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Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Maintain records to demonstrate compliance with safety and environmental laws, regulations, or policies.
- Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
- Prepare and maintain production reports or personnel records.
- Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
- Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances.
- Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.
- Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.
- Monitor permit requirements for updates.
- Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.
- Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, or statistical studies.
- Conduct site audits to ensure adherence to safety and environmental regulations.
- Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.
- Initiate or coordinate inventory or cost control programs.
- Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
- Implement operational and emergency procedures.
- Optimize operational costs and productivity consistent with safety and environmental rules and regulations.
- Prepare reports on operations and system productivity or efficiency.
- Develop or enforce procedures for normal operation of manufacturing systems.
- Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes.
- Negotiate materials prices with suppliers.
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (70%).
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Industrial Production Managers — median pay by US state (BLS OEWS, USD)
Median annual wage, in USD. US national: US$126,060. More states are being added.