This page contains key outcome data for the Industrial Production Technologies Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $59,000 (Rank: 49 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $34,000
- Unemployment Rate: 4.10% (Rank: 101 of 171)
- Percent Female: 16.7%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 18.3%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 1.1%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 0.9%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 133 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 2.79 (Rank: 79 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Mechanical Engineers: 4.97% (Average Income: $76,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers: 4.33% (Average Income: $76,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 4.26% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 3.81% (Average Income: $60,000)
- Engineers, : 3.55% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 2.64% (Average Income: $62,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 2.63% (Average Income: $64,000)
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks: 2.29% (Average Income: $68,000)
- Drafters: 2.25% (Average Income: $47,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 2.02%
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 1.92% (Average Income: $73,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers: 1.82% (Average Income: $100,000)
- Constructions Managers: 1.80% (Average Income: $87,000)
- Aerospace Engineers: 1.72% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 1.70% (Average Income: $42,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 1.59% (Average Income: $35,000)
- Materials Engineers: 1.58% (Average Income: $69,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.55% (Average Income: $41,000)
- Industrial and Refractory Machinery Mechanics: 1.43% (Average Income: $47,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 1.41% (Average Income: $48,000)
- Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters: 1.31% (Average Income: $43,000)
- Waiters and Waitresses: 1.31% (Average Income: $21,000)
- Designers: 1.24% (Average Income: $48,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers: 1.24% (Average Income: $29,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers: 1.23% (Average Income: $69,000)
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