Job outlook for production operators in the United States

Production operator job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:

• The projected production operator job growth rate is 7% from 2018-2028.

• About 56,900 new jobs for production operators are projected over the next decade.

• Production operator salaries have increased 9% for production operators in the last 5 years.

• There are over 744,953 production operators currently employed in the United States.

• There are 117,254 active production operator job openings in the US.

• The average production operator salary is $35,185.

Compare the number of production operator jobs and the average production operator salary over time.

The map below shows you the number of production operator job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where production operators earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.