MANUFACTURING OVERVIEW
Innovation, technology, automation, and robotics have reduced the number of unskilled work needed in the production process. As technology continues to advance, the skills required are much more complex.

Interactive Workshop
Find out if manufacturing is right for you!
Today’s manufacturing careers are clean, filled with high technology, automation and robots. Manufacturing employs a highly skilled, highly motivated workforce. Whether you’re interested in improving the efficiency of a company through industrial engineering, or designing custom tools that enable a company to produce its product as a tool and die maker, manufacturing has something for you!
- Manufacturing Overview
- Training/Education Requirements
- Jobs/Careers Overview
Average Income
$69,454
Average pay for experienced manufacturing employees
$34,725
Average pay for non-manufacturing employees in our area
Earnings In Our Area
Together, manufacturing companies bring in $2.66 billion in earnings just to our five-county area.
A Growing Industry
Manufacturing provides 11% of the jobs in our region. That’s about 40,000 jobs… and the number is growing fast.
Employer Partners
See which companies are involved in our efforts
More than 80 manufacturers support the advancement of the industry through their involvement in the Oh-Penn Manufacturing Collaborative within the five-county region of Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull Counties in Ohio and Lawrence and Mercer Counties in Pennsylvania.