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Massachusetts · week of October 19, 2026

Massachusetts plant jobs: 354 open roles at 111 manufacturers

Who's hiring plant engineers, technicians and supervisors in Massachusetts, what it pays, and what they ask for.

See all 354 Massachusetts roles →What Massachusetts plants ask for →

354
open plant roles
59
posted in the last 7 days

17% of all openings

111
manufacturers hiring

Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Anduril Industries, Entegris

$96k–$132k
typical engineering base

+3% vs the US

The takeaways

  1. 1

    Manufacturing has the most openings in Massachusetts: 103 roles, ahead of quality (83).

  2. 2

    $90k–$157k is the typical base for controls engineers, the best-paid team here (12 postings list pay).

  3. 3

    3% above the US typical engineering base: Massachusetts pays $96k–$132k.

  4. 4

    Commonwealth Fusion Systems is hiring the most, with 23 open plant roles.

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Openings and pay, team by team

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Open roles

openposted this week

Typical base pay (engineers and senior engineers)

  • ControlsBest paid$90k–$157k
  • Process$108k–$149k
  • Manufacturing$90k–$132k
  • Quality$100k–$131k
  • Reliability$96k–$129k
$80k$120k$160k

Skills plants name most

  • Root cause#1 ask36%
  • Automation29%
  • Lean27%
  • Team leadership26%
  • Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)25%

Top 5 shown. See all of them →

Hiring the most

  1. 1Commonwealth Fusion Systems23
  2. 2Anduril Industries21
  3. 3Entegris19
  4. 4Applied Materials17
  5. + the rest of the top hirers with a free account

By state

Where the plant jobs are

Massachusetts: 354 open roles · #8 of 51

Top 5:1. California 1,4362. Texas 9693. Ohio 5574. Michigan 4655. North Carolina 407

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Who plants are hiring

Engineers, techs and supervisors

248 engineering and Lean / CI roles; 106 technician and supervisor roles on the same teams.

28%Engineer
  • Engineer98 · 28%
  • Senior86 · 24%
  • Manager / lead64 · 18%
  • Supervisor17 · 5%
  • Technician89 · 25%

How fresh

When these roles went up

Roles posted in the last two weeks get the fastest replies from teams.

  • This week59
  • 8–14 days47
  • 15–30 daysMost148
  • 30+ days41
  • Date not listed59

Where

Top cities

  • Bedford, MAMost roles32
  • Boston, MA22
  • Somerville, MA20
  • Devens, MA20
  • Billerica, MA19

Industries

Which industries are hiring

Openings by industry

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Go deeper: what moves pay

Belt and license premiums, pay by years asked, skills that come as a package, and the unusual perks plants offer.

See the findings →The pay model →

Source and method

Source
ShopFloorJobs analysis of 354 live plant job postings from 111 manufacturers' own careers sites (Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle, iCIMS, Greenhouse and others), not job boards.
Collected
Week of October 19, 2026. Postings are re-checked daily; closed roles drop out.
Method
Each posting is counted once per role and city. Teams and levels are read from the job title; pay is the middle of each posting's listed range, for engineer and senior engineer levels, shown where at least 3 postings list one; skills are counted when the posting names them.

Cite this report

ShopFloorJobs, "Massachusetts plant jobs report, week of October 19, 2026," Week of October 19, 2026. https://shopfloorjobs.com/reports/massachusetts

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