2026 Manufacturing Entry-level Jobs in Pennsylvania
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 Machine Operator
Manufacturing Estimator
Manufacturing Operations Manager
$150,000-$200,000 per year
Manufacturing Process Engineer
Manufacturing Engineer
Epicor Manufacturing Functional Consultant
Production Packer – Manufacturing
Panel Assembler-Manufacturing
Material Handler – Manufacturing
Operations Manager, Manufacturing
Maintenance Manager - Manufacturing - Base Salary to 125k/year - Pittsburgh, PA
$125,000 per year
Recruiter – Industrial Automation & Manufacturing
Senior Financial Analyst - Manufacturing - Base Salary to 120k/year - Malvern, PA
$120,000 per year
Silk Screen Printer – Metal Manufacturing
Materials Engineer - Ceramics / Piezoelectric Manufacturing
Senior Electrical Design Engineer - Manufacturing - Base Salary to 135k/year - Middletown, PA
$135,000 per year
Industrial Engineering Analytics Engineer (Manufacturing Systems & Modeling)
Quality & Metrology Technician in Additive Manufacturing
Business Development Leader — Public Sector Defense Manufacturing
President-in-Transition Future Leader of Small Manufacturing Companies
Machine Operator - 3rd shift Greencastle
Scanning Clerk
PATIENT CARE NURSE ASSISTANT (PCNA) - Float
Conveyor Service Specialist
Field Service Engineer - New York
Quality Control Technician
Industrial Engineering Analytics Engineer
Plant Manager
$136,678-$136,678 per year
Sales Support
EHS Coordinator
$40,000-$60,000 per year
Quality Engineer
Process Engineer II
$80,000-$80,000 per year
Quaility Control Inspector
Production Worker
GC/MS Scientist- Extractables & Leachables
Grinder
Machinist and Die Repair Specialist
Machine Operator
Entry-Level Industrial Mechanic
Entry Level Associate Project Manager: Biopharmaceutical Product Testing
Quality Control Manager - Precision Machining - Base Salary to 120k/year - Philadelphia, PA
$120,000 per year
Grinding Department Technician
CNC Machine Operator
Robotic Machine Operator
Systems Engineer
Skilled Trades Professionals (Multiple Openings)
Process Engineer
Quality Control Manager
Westmoor Mfg Brand Rep
Westmoor Mfg Brand Rep
CNC Machine Operator - 1st Shift
Machine Operator - 2nd Shift
Construction Project Manager (Warehouse)
Assembler (2nd Shift)
Superintendent III
Production Worker / Bench Carpenter
3D Printing Technician
Production Operator
Process Engineer
Metallurgist Engineer
$130,000 per year
Tool & Die / Mold Maker
CNC Machine Tool Sales Engineer
$150,000-$200,000 per year
Production Support
Maintenance Technician
Quality Technician - 2nd Shift
CNC Machinist
Machine Operator (Nights)
Electrical Designer
Machinist
Electrical Engineer
$86,000-$86,000 per year












