Careers in Manufacturing

Would you like to get a job in this industry? Think about these types of careers.

92% of all computer numerically controlled tool operators work in manufacturing.

Most people

in these careers work in manufacturing:
  • Where do they work?
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  • Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, & Systems Assemblers
    Where do they work?
  • Biofuels Production Managers
    Where do they work?
  • Biomass Power Plant Managers
    Where do they work?
  • Cabinetmakers & Bench Carpenters
    Where do they work?
  • Chemical Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Chemical Equipment Operators & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Chemical Plant & System Operators
    Where do they work?
  • Cleaning, Washing, & Metal Pickling Equipment Operators & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Coating, Painting, & Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Coil Winders, Tapers, & Finishers
    Where do they work?
  • Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
    Where do they work?
  • Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Cooling & Freezing Equipment Operators & Tenders
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Crushing, Grinding, & Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Cutters & Trimmers, Hand
    Where do they work?
  • Cutting & Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Cutting, Punching, & Press Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Dental Laboratory Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Drilling & Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Electrical & Electronic Equipment Assemblers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Engine & Other Machine Assemblers
    Where do they work?
  • Etchers & Engravers
    Where do they work?
  • Extruding & Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Extruding & Forming Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Synthetic & Glass Fibers
    Where do they work?
  • Extruding, Forming, Pressing, & Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Fabric & Apparel Patternmakers
    Where do they work?
  • Fiberglass Laminators & Fabricators
    Where do they work?
  • First-Line Supervisors of Production & Operating Workers
    Where do they work?
  • Food & Tobacco Roasting, Baking, & Drying Machine Operators & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Food Batchmakers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Food Cooking Machine Operators & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Forging Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Foundry Mold & Coremakers
    Where do they work?
  • Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, & Kettle Operators & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Furniture Finishers
    Where do they work?
  • Geothermal Production Managers
    Where do they work?
  • Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, & Finishers
    Where do they work?
  • Grinding & Polishing Workers, Hand
    Where do they work?
  • Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Helpers--Production Workers
    Where do they work?
  • Human Factors Engineers & Ergonomists
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Hydroelectric Production Managers
    Where do they work?
  • Industrial Engineering Technologists & Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Industrial Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Industrial Machinery Mechanics
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Industrial Production Managers
    Where do they work?
  • Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers
    Where do they work?
  • Lathe & Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Layout Workers, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Log Graders & Scalers
    Where do they work?
  • Machine Feeders & Offbearers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Machinists
    Where do they work?
  • Maintenance Workers, Machinery
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Manufacturing Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Materials Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Meat, Poultry, & Fish Cutters & Trimmers
    Where do they work?
  • Mechanical Drafters
    Where do they work?
  • Medical Appliance Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Metal-Refining Furnace Operators & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Milling & Planing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Mixing & Blending Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Model Makers, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Molders, Shapers, & Casters
    Where do they work?
  • Molding, Coremaking, & Casting Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists & Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Painting, Coating, & Decorating Workers
    Where do they work?
  • Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Patternmakers, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Plating Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Potters, Manufacturing
    Where do they work?
  • Pourers & Casters, Metal
    Where do they work?
  • Prepress Technicians & Workers
    Where do they work?
  • Print Binding & Finishing Workers
    Where do they work?
  • Printing Press Operators
    Where do they work?
  • Quality Control Systems Managers
    Where do they work?
  • Refractory Materials Repairers
    Where do they work?
  • Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
    Where do they work?
  • Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Wood
    Where do they work?
  • Semiconductor Processing Technicians
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, & Still Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Sewing Machine Operators
    Where do they work?
  • Shoe & Leather Workers & Repairers
    Where do they work?
  • Shoe Machine Operators & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Slaughterers & Meat Packers
    Where do they work?
  • Stone Cutters & Carvers, Manufacturing
    Where do they work?
  • Structural Metal Fabricators & Fitters
    Where do they work?
  • Team Assemblers
    Where do they work?
  • Textile Bleaching & Dyeing Machine Operators & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Textile Knitting & Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Textile Winding, Twisting, & Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Timing Device Assemblers & Adjusters
    Where do they work?
  • Tire Builders
    Where do they work?
  • Tool & Die Makers
    Where do they work?
  • Tool Grinders, Filers, & Sharpeners
    Where do they work?
  • Upholsterers
    Where do they work?
  • Validation Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers
    Where do they work?
  • Welding, Soldering, & Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
    Where do they work?
  • Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
    Where do they work?
24% of all bioengineers and biomedical engineers work in manufacturing.

Some people

in these careers work in manufacturing:
  • Where do they work?
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  • Bright Outlook
    New job opportunities likely in the future.
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  • Aerospace Engineering & Operations Technologists & Technicians
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Aerospace Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Agricultural Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Aircraft Mechanics & Service Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Animal Scientists
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Architectural & Engineering Managers
    Where do they work?
  • Automotive Engineering Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Automotive Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Avionics Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Bakers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Biochemists & Biophysicists
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Bioengineers & Biomedical Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Biofuels Processing Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology & Product Development Managers
    Where do they work?
  • Biological Technicians
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Boilermakers
    Where do they work?
  • Buyers & Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
    Where do they work?
  • Calibration Technologists & Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Chemical Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Chemists
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Commercial & Industrial Designers
    Where do they work?
  • Computer Hardware Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Conveyor Operators & Tenders
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Cost Estimators
    Where do they work?
  • Crane & Tower Operators
    Where do they work?
  • Demonstrators & Product Promoters
    Where do they work?
  • Electric Motor, Power Tool, & Related Repairers
    Where do they work?
  • Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technologists & Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Electrical & Electronics Drafters
    Where do they work?
  • Electrical & Electronics Installers & Repairers, Transportation Equipment
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Electrical & Electronics Repairers, Commercial & Industrial Equipment
    Where do they work?
  • Electrical Engineers
    Where do they work?
  • Electro-Mechanical & Mechatronics Technologists & Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Electronic Equipment Installers & Repairers, Motor Vehicles
    Where do they work?
  • Electronics Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Energy Engineers
    Where do they work?
  • Facilities Managers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Fashion Designers
    Where do they work?
  • Fire-Prevention & Protection Engineers
    Where do they work?
  • First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers
    Where do they work?
  • Food Science Technicians
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Food Scientists & Technologists
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Fuel Cell Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Gem & Diamond Workers
    Where do they work?
  • Geothermal Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Graders & Sorters, Agricultural Products
    Where do they work?
  • Graphic Designers
    Where do they work?
  • Health & Safety Engineers
    Where do they work?
  • Hoist & Winch Operators
    Where do they work?
  • Human Resources Managers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators
    Where do they work?
  • Jewelers & Precious Stone & Metal Workers
    Where do they work?
  • Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Logging Equipment Operators
    Where do they work?
  • Logisticians
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Logistics Analysts
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Logistics Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Maintenance & Repair Workers, General
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Manufactured Building & Mobile Home Installers
    Where do they work?
  • Marine Engineers & Naval Architects
    Where do they work?
  • Materials Scientists
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Mechanical Engineering Technologists & Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Mechanical Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Mechatronics Engineers
    Where do they work?
  • Microbiologists
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Microsystems Engineers
    Where do they work?
  • Millwrights
    Where do they work?
  • Nanosystems Engineers
    Where do they work?
  • Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
    Where do they work?
  • Occupational Health & Safety Specialists
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Occupational Health & Safety Technicians
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Order Clerks
    Where do they work?
  • Orthotists & Prosthetists
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Packers & Packagers, Hand
    Where do they work?
  • Patternmakers, Wood
    Where do they work?
  • Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, & Gaugers
    Where do they work?
  • Photonics Engineers
    Where do they work?
  • Photonics Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Procurement Clerks
    Where do they work?
  • Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks
    Where do they work?
  • Purchasing Agents
    Where do they work?
  • Purchasing Managers
    Where do they work?
  • Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Recycling & Reclamation Workers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Riggers
    Where do they work?
  • Robotics Engineers
    Where do they work?
  • Robotics Technicians
    Where do they work?
  • Rock Splitters, Quarry
    Where do they work?
  • Sales Engineers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Sales Managers
    Where do they work?
  • Sales Representatives, Wholesale & Manufacturing
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Sales Representatives, Wholesale & Manufacturing, Technical & Scientific Products
    Where do they work?
  • Security Managers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Sewers, Hand
    Where do they work?
  • Sheet Metal Workers
    Where do they work?
  • Shipping, Receiving, & Inventory Clerks
    Where do they work?
  • Solar Energy Systems Engineers
    Where do they work?
  • Solar Sales Representatives & Assessors
    Where do they work?
  • Stationary Engineers & Boiler Operators
    Where do they work?
  • Supply Chain Managers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Tank Car, Truck, & Ship Loaders
    Where do they work?
  • Technical Writers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Transportation, Storage, & Distribution Managers
    Where do they work?
    Bright Outlook
  • Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, & Samplers, Recordkeeping
    Where do they work?
  • Wholesale & Retail Buyers
    Where do they work?
  • Wind Energy Engineers
    Where do they work?