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This question is about manufacturing engineer demographics.
12.5% of manufacturing engineers are female in the United States. This is 1.0 percentage points higher than last year. Additionally, the percentage of female manufacturing engineers has increased by 3.1 percentage points since 2010. That means there are a total of 30,316 female manufacturing engineers in the U.S. and 212,213 male manufacturing engineers in the United States. Note that Zippia's estimate accounts only for the 242,529 people with the specific job title of manufacturing engineer and doesn't include grouping similar job titles, or people with potentially similar credentialing.
| Year | Female Manufacturing Engineers | Male Manufacturing Engineers | Percentage Female Manufacturing Engineers | Percentage Male Manufacturing Engineers | |
| 2019 | 593 | 4,153 | 12.5% | 87.5% | |
| 2018 | 510 | 3,921 | 11.5% | 88.5% | |
| 2017 | 467 | 3,859 | 10.8% | 89.2% | |
| 2016 | 471 | 3,769 | 11.1% | 88.9% | |
| 2015 | 476 | 3,805 | 11.1% | 88.9% | |
| 2014 | 450 | 3,650 | 11.0% | 89.0% | |
| 2013 | 433 | 3,609 | 10.7% | 89.3% | |
| 2012 | 387 | 3,253 | 10.6% | 89.4% | |
| 2011 | 342 | 3,037 | 10.1% | 89.9% | |
| 2010 | 320 | 3,098 | 9.4% | 90.6% |

Additionally, female manufacturing engineers tend to be younger than male manufacturing engineers. The average age of a female manufacturing engineer is 40.0, while the average age of a male manufacturing engineer is 43.7.
While the majority of U.S. manufacturing engineers are male in 2022, there are still some occupations where females dominate. For example, 83% of domestic engineer are female. On the other hand, some manufacturing engineer jobs are dominated by males. 93% of senior field service engineer, for instance, are male.
Like most jobs, there's a gender pay gap among manufacturing engineers. The average male manufacturing engineer earns an average annual salary of $73,838, while the average female manufacturing engineer earns an average annual income of $71,889, meaning female manufacturing engineers make 97 cents for every dollar a man earns.
Are manufacturing engineers jobs male or female dominated?
Manufacturing Engineer jobs are male dominated. 12.5% of manufacturing engineers are female and 87.5% of manufacturing engineers are male in the United States.
How has the number of female manufacturing engineers changed over time?
The number of female manufacturing engineers has increased by 3.1% since 2010. In 2010, there were 9.4% female manufacturing engineers and the latest data shows that there are 12.5% female manufacturing engineers in the U.S.

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