Learn about the types of people who become industrial production managers. This page goes into detail about the employment, gender, and ethnic ratios of the workplace.


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Employment Type Mix, 2024

98% of industrial production managers work in full-time roles while 2% work part-time.

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Gender Mix By Career Interest, 2024

This graph shows the distribution of females and males that are interested in becoming an industrial production manager. Four or five star ratings on CareerExplorer indicate interest.

More men than women are interested in becoming industrial production managers at a ratio of 3.99 to 1.

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Actual Gender Mix, 2024

22% of industrial production managers are female and 78% are male.

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Gender Bias, 2024

This is one of the most compelling statistics we collect. Gender bias shows the difference between gender interest in being an industrial production manager and the actual gender mix of people in the career.

If there is a significant difference, then it means there is a gender imbalance between those interested in becoming an industrial production manager and those who end up becoming one.

In this case there are more men interested in becoming an industrial production manager than those actually working as one. It is hard to pinpoint the exact reasons why, but there are likely various forces at play, from changing interests over time to societal norms and biases.

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Ethnic Mix, 2019

The largest ethnic group of industrial production managers are White, making up 70% of the population. The next highest segments are Other and Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish, making up 7% and 7% respectively.