Salary Range

• An estimated 147,250 industrial production managers were working in 2009, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. They were earning $45.03 per hour on average, or $93,650 per year. The middle 50 percent had annual salaries of $65,680 to $111,790. The top 10 percent were earning $146,030 and higher, and only the bottom 10 percent had yearly salaries of $51,290 and below.
  
  

Types of Employment

• Industrial production manager salaries vary with types of employment. Those working in plastics product manufacturing, for instance, had an average annual salary of $86,920 in 2009, while industrial production managers working in printing and related support activities were making $90,870 on average. Industrial production managers employed with manufacturers of navigational, measuring, electromedical and control instruments were earning $102,320 per year on average, and those in pharmaceutical manufacturing $104,820. Higher pay was provided in oil and gas extraction, at $119,590 per year on average, and in petroleum and coal products manufacturing, at an average of $119,630 per year.
  
  

Employment Per Capita

• Certain states in the Midwest had the highest number per capita of industrial production managers in 2009. Michigan was at the top, with 8,410, and an average annual salary of $100,470. The other states with the highest numbers per capita were Indiana, with an average annual pay rate of $88,280; Ohio, at an average of $92,540; and Wisconsin, at an average of $82,550.
  
  

Highest-Paying Region

• Texas was the highest-paying state for industrial production managers in 2009, where they earned an average salary of $114,090 per year. Although Texas did not rank near the top for industrial production managers per capita, a large number of these managers -- approximately 12,130 -- were employed there in 2009. Corpus Christi was the highest-paying metropolitan region for industrial production managers, with an average annual salary of $134,020. These managers were earning $127,150 per year in Tyler, $126,700 in the greater Houston area and $126,610 in the greater Beaumont-Port Arthur area.
  
  

Other Lucrative Locations

• Other high-paying states for industrial production managers include New Jersey, where they were earning $111,720 on average in 2009; Delaware, with an average annual salary of $106,830; Massachusetts, at an average of $104,340; and Washington, with an average salary of $103,380. The greater San Francisco metropolitan area was a lucrative place for industrial production managers as well, with an average salary of $128,460 per year in 2009.