Supervisor, production, managing vs production superintendent

The differences between supervisors, production, managing and production superintendents can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a supervisor, production, managing and a production superintendent. Additionally, a supervisor, production, managing has an average salary of $96,953, which is higher than the $88,703 average annual salary of a production superintendent.

The top three skills for a supervisor, production, managing include production management, production schedules and logistics. The most important skills for a production superintendent are continuous improvement, OSHA, and production supervisors.

Supervisor, production, managing vs production superintendent overview

	Supervisor, Production, Managing	Production Superintendent
Yearly salary	$96,953	$88,703
Hourly rate	$46.61	$42.65
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	73,236	101,534
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	2	2

Supervisor, production, managing vs production superintendent salary

Supervisors, production, managing and production superintendents have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Supervisor, Production, Managing	Production Superintendent
Average salary	$96,953	$88,703
Salary range	Between $58,000 And $159,000	Between $62,000 And $125,000
Highest paying City	-	East Windsor, NJ
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	Bunge
Best paying industry	-	Automotive

Differences between supervisor, production, managing and production superintendent education

There are a few differences between a supervisor, production, managing and a production superintendent in terms of educational background:

	Supervisor, Production, Managing	Production Superintendent
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Supervisor, production, managing vs production superintendent demographics

Here are the differences between supervisors, production, managing' and production superintendents' demographics:

	Supervisor, Production, Managing	Production Superintendent
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 72.6% Female, 27.4%	Male, 95.5% Female, 4.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.0% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 14.9% Asian, 5.6% White, 62.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 13.1% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% Asian, 4.8% White, 61.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between supervisor, production, managing and production superintendent duties and responsibilities

Supervisor, production, managing example responsibilities.

Manage day-to-day operation and maintenance activities in a high volume, OSHA, PSM cover specialty chemical manufacturing facility.
Job duties include loading/unloading semi-trailers for newspaper publications, and general logistics procedures.
Monitor control plans, troubleshoot workmanship problems and supervise production activities to ensure manufacture products meet or exceed establish quality requirements.
Encourage pride and workmanship in all associates through communication resulting in improve material variance and OEE.
Expedite generation of war-ready aircraft to support American combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Production superintendent example responsibilities.

Manage day-to-day operation and maintenance activities in a high volume, OSHA, PSM cover specialty chemical manufacturing facility.
Participate in kaizen events and lean projects.
Script SQL commands for data mining and ad-hoc reports.
Analyze vendor data and debug production databases (SQL).
Introduce Kaizen and SPC to facility and develop metrics for operating unit.
Train employees in hazard analysis of critical control points (HACCP).

Supervisor, production, managing vs production superintendent skills

Common supervisor, production, managing skills

Production Management, 26%
Production Schedules, 15%
Logistics, 6%
Production Lines, 6%
GMP, 6%
Process Improvement, 3%

Common production superintendent skills

Continuous Improvement, 10%
OSHA, 10%
Production Supervisors, 9%
Safety Standards, 9%
Product Quality, 7%
Equipment Maintenance, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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