2026 Manufacturing Entry-level Jobs in Colorado
People often express an interest in entry-level jobs in manufacturing without fully realizing the many fields and industries which these jobs encompass. Just to give you an understanding of how vast the manufacturing field is, you should know that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are currently more than 11,988 individuals working within the industry and there are twenty-one recognized subsectors of the manufacturing industry as a whole. It is vital that you have a fairly good idea of what jobs in manufacturing you are interested in before you start the job search. One manufacturing entry-level job that may interest you is food manufacturer. These professionals are responsible for working directly with agricultural suppliers and for turning animal products and vegetable products into the food we eat every day. This subsector includes bakers, production line supervisors and managers, batchmakers, packing operators, filling machine operators, slaughterers, and meatpackers. As you might expect, average salaries cover a wide range within the food manufacturing industry, but most professionals earn somewhere between $25,010 per year and $51,510 per year. If you’re not interested in working with food specifically, there are also manufacturing jobs in the beverage and tobacco industries. Positions available include drivers, sales personnel, industrial production managers, laborers, sales representatives, machine setters, and many more. Again, salary ranges are widely varied, with most employees earning between $28,650 per year and $100,690 per year. And, of course, there are many other subsectors of the industry to consider, including textile mills and apparel manufacturing, paper manufacturing, chemical manufacturing, and so many more.
Manufacturing Technician
Manufacturing Technician I
Manufacturing Associate (Glass)
Junior Manufacturing Software Engineer
Electronics Manufacturing Engineer
Operating Partner, Manufacturing
Director of Manufacturing Operations Modular Homes
Maintenance Mechanic - Manufacturing
Controls & Automation Engineer
General Laborer
Welder Helper
Structural Steel Installer
Financial Controller
$120,000-$150,000 per year
Assembler II
$22-$22
Combustion Engineer (Full-time)
Electrical Engineer II
Production Trainer
$38-$38
Controls Engineer II
Field Service Engineer
CNC Operator
Entry Level Machine Operator
Exercise Science / Exercise Physiologist / Kinesiologist / Athletic Trainer -Ergonomics Industrial Injury Prevention (ATC, OT, PT, CEAS)
$37-$37
Controls Engineer I
Registered Nurse - Res and PHP/IOP
I&E Design Project Manager - Construction
General Manager - Liberty Packaging Quad Cities
Mechanical Project Engineer I
Production Sanitation Associate
Electrical Engineer
$86,000-$86,000 per year
Recruiter
Account Executive in the US
Mid-Market Account Executive (Remote- USA)
Production Technician I
Semiconductor Field Service Engineer
Consultant (3+ years experience)
Controller
Production Technician I
Environmental Health and Safety Specialist
Process Documentation Consultant
Production Team Member Assembly Cleanroom and General
Remote High-Volume Staffing Recruiter – W-2
Territory Sales Manager
Cybersecurity Associate Engineer
SAP SCM Functional Consultant (EWM/MM/SD)
Quality Assurance/Quality Control Inspector
HR Manager
HR Manager
Composites Engineer
Structural Analysis Engineer II/III
Cybersecurity Engineer
Application Engineer I
Product Manager- Low Voltage & Power Distribution Solutions
Operating Partner, Construction Materials and Building Products
Senior PCB Layout Engineer
Quality Engineer II/III
Director of Construction FP&A
Welder
Control Engineer
Roll Off Driver
Grand Format Sales Representative
Agent / Applied AI Engineer
Logistics Associate temp
Head of Strategic Sourcing
Electro-Mechanical Assembly Technician- 2nd shift
$31-$31
Power Module Engineer
Digital Module Engineer
Tub Repair Technician Apprentice
Apprentice
Production Engineering Manager
$130,000-$150,000 per year
Operating Partner, Consumer
Principal Engineer - Quality
Controls Technician (Electrical & Instrumentation)
Electronics Design Engineer
$110,000-$135,000 per year
















