Curious About Bonus Pay? Here’s What the Top Manufacturing Jobs Offer

March 10, 2017

Check out the latest data on manufacturing performance pay, fresh from the 2017 IndustryWeek Salary Survey.

Bonuses can make or break a manufacturing leader’s salary—or at least provide a cushion in the good years to pay off debt, save for retirement or invest in a small Maldivian island. With that in mind, in our 2017 Salary Survey, we asked respondents about their bonus pay separately from their salary. More than half responded that they received it. Overall, the average lagniappe was $29,200.

Here are the job categories in our survey that had the highest percentage of respondents sharing information on bonus pay, and what these particularly performance-driven people took home.

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Laura Putre | Senior Editor, IndustryWeek

As senior editor, Laura Putre works with IndustryWeek's editorial contributors and reports on leadership and the automotive industry as they relate to manufacturing. She joined IndustryWeek in 2015 as a staff writer covering workforce issues.

Prior to IndustryWeek, Laura reported on the healthcare industry and covered local news. She was the editor of the Chicago Journal and a staff writer for Cleveland Scene. Her national bylines include The Guardian, Slate, Pacific-Standard and The Root.

Laura was a National Press Foundation fellow in 2022.

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