2026 Manufacturing Entry-level Jobs in New Jersey
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 Support Coordinator
Manufacturing Production Assembly Supervisor- KINGSTON - PA
Staff Accountant - Manufacturing - Base Salary to 90k/year - Lebanon, NJ
$90,000 per year
Machine Maintenance Technician - Manufacturing
Quality Inspector
Director of Machine Maintenance
$200,000 per year
Customer Success Manager
$230,000 per year
CMM Inspector
Electronic Soldering Assembly Technician
Production Team Member (PPP)
MACHINE OPERATOR/FACTORY WORKER
Electrical Maintenance Technician
Production Operator
Production Manager
$150,000 per year
Quality Control Manager - Metal Fabrication - Base Salary to 120k/year - Burlington, NJ
$120,000 per year
Office Administration
Maintenance Technician
Office Manager/Bookkeeper/Customer Service
HR Business Partner
Shop Manager
Industrial Maintenance Technician
Maintenance Supervisor
Warehouse Picker/Packer — Hazardous Materials Documentation
Internal Auditor
$85,000-$85,000 per year
Machine Maintenance Mechanic
$90,000 per year
Handyman/Preventative Maintenance Technician 2026-08
Technical Writer - Operations
Mechanical Engineer I
Inside Sales / Estimator
Industrial Painter
Drilling Machine Operator Cabinet Shop
Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist
Industrial Electrical Maintenance Technician
Electrical Test Technician
1st shift Production Worker
Medical Assistant - PRN - West Pines
Quality Control Inspector
$22-$22
Machine operator - Production Shop
PRODUCTION LABORERS/ GRINDERS 1ST OR 2ND SHIFT
Warehouse Shipping and Receiving Clerk
Panel Saw Operator
Mechanical Engineer / Designer
Shop Foreman – Millwork & Metal Fabrication
The MES Solution Architect Siemens OpCenter
Entry Level Urethane Machine Operator
Electrical Mechanical Assembler
Lead Electrical Engineer
Director, Network and Infrastructure Operations
$175,000-$220,000 per year













