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Industrial Production Managers pay in Manchester-Nashua, NH and Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Industrial Production Managers is $174,360 per year in Manchester-Nashua, NH. It is $132,870 per year in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL. Manchester-Nashua, NH is 31.2% above Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-3051 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 700 wage and salary jobs in Manchester-Nashua, NH and 450 in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.