Production Supervisors
Impact: Operational efficiency, product quality, team productivity
Oversee and lead production teams, ensuring efficient operations and meeting production targets by planning, organizing, and monitoring workflows and personnel.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- Team-oriented
- Client facing
- Rarely
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Occasional local travel
- Schedule flexibility
- Rigid
- Remote work
- On-site Only
- Typical work hours
- 40-50 hours per week
- Stress level
- High
At a glance
- Median salary
- $80,000 - $95,000
- Entry-level
- $60,000 - $75,000
- Senior
- $100,000 - $120,000
- Growth by 2033
- 5% (average)
- Demand
- Stable
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- High
- Typical student debt
- $20,000 - $40,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Production Planning
- Quality Control
- Lean Manufacturing
Soft skills
- Leadership
- Communication
- Problem-solving
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 5
- Years to senior
- 10
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Operations Manager, Plant Manager
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 15% - low risk due to human oversight and decision-making
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Stable
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.4/10
- Meaning
- 3.6/10
- Work-life balance
- 2.8/10
- Prestige
- 6.5/10
- Social perception
- Low