Indianapolis Region
Manufacturing Employment & Wages Employment and Wages for Selected Manufacturing Occupations Number of Employees*
Occupation Title
Hourly Wage** Entry*** Median
Engineers Operating engineers/other construction equipment operators Industrial engineers Mechanical engineers Electrical engineers Materials engineers Aerospace engineers Electronics engineers, except computer Health and safety engineers Engineers, all other
Total Engineers
3,190 2,970 3,570 1,330 100 50 670 100 780
$17.12 $23.94 $26.06 $25.54 $21.51 $24.46 $17.53 $26.97 $22.90
12,760+
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600 340 290 310 80
$16.37 $15.23 $16.95 $13.72 $19.90
1,620+
-
$26.99 $35.41 $36.48 $36.69 $35.76 $39.74 $32.91 $39.71 $37.10
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Engineering Technicians Electrical and electronic engineering technicians Industrial engineering technicians Mechanical engineering technicians Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other Electro-mechanical technicians
Total Engineering Technicians
$27.93 $24.70 $29.53 $22.40 $27.10
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Machinists Machinists Tool and die makers Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
3,800 1,010
$12.72 $12.74
$19.75 $21.08
2,710
$9.64
$13.39
3,810
$10.09
$13.90
740
$14.36
$22.96
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
2,260
$13.07
$17.76
220
$11.19
$17.62
520
$11.12
$16.71
490
$11.96
$16.29
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders
The 9-county Indianapolis Region includes Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan and Shelby counties. Last updated 7/10/2017
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Indianapolis Region
Manufacturing Employment & Wages (continued) Number of Employees*
Occupation Title
Hourly Wage** Entry*** Median
Machinists (continued) Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Computer numerically controlled machine tool programmers, metal and plastic
Total Machinists
510
$13.25
$21.18
250
$8.71
$14.80
70
$12.78
$17.53
510
$10.55
$13.64
130
$16.53
$23.41
17,030+
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6,600 1,540 5,380 2,900 1,400 310 3,100 24,350 290 2,960
$11.92 $9.59 $11.37 $9.39 $29.41 $16.33 $16.04 $9.96 $10.51 $9.00
48,830+
-
440 180 60 120
$17.73 $15.53 $15.75 $25.44
Total Drafters/Designers
800+
-
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
6,570
$16.41
-
Other Skilled Production Workers Industrial truck and tractor operators Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Industrial production managers Maintenance workers, machinery Industrial machinery mechanics Team assemblers Electromechanical equipment assemblers Assemblers and fabricators, all other
Total Other Skilled Production Workers
$14.94 $13.99 $18.25 $13.82 $44.20 $22.68 $23.31 $12.10 $14.71 $14.61
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Drafters/Designers Mechanical drafters Commercial and industrial designers Drafters, all other Electrical and electronics drafters
$26.90 $34.13 $25.31 $34.54
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Supervisors $26.75
* Employment data are for the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, Bloomington, Columbus, Kokomo, Lafayette and Muncie MSAs. ** Wage data are for the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson MSA. th *** Entry wages = wages in the lowest 10 percentile. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES, May 2016 (released May 2017)
The 9-county Indianapolis Region includes Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan and Shelby counties. Last updated 7/10/2017
Indy Partnership 317-236-6262 or Toll Free 1-877-236-4332 E-mail:
[email protected] Website: www.indypartnership.com
