Caterpillar: jobs, salaries and hiring
Hiring now
394
open professional roles
613
opened in the last 90 days
613 in the last 12 months
0%
of roles are remote
19
states hiring
Illinois, Texas, North Carolina, Indiana, Georgia, Arizona
What it hires for: Engineering (338), Operations (62), Finance (27), Data & Analytics (23), Human Resources (21). By level: early career (190), senior ic (152), manager (130), mid level (79), director (24).
Where: Irving, Texas (91), Mossville, Illinois (49), Irving, TX (23), Wuxi, Jiangsu (23), Lafayette, Indiana (22), Mossville, IL (21), Sanford, North Carolina (19), Peoria, IL (17).
Caterpillar hiring at a glance
- We have tracked Caterpillar's career site since Oct 2026; it has opened 631 professional roles in that time.
- 151 of Caterpillar's 414 open roles (36%) are entry-level or early-career; 1 of them say people without experience are welcome and 1 describe structured training.
- 54 open roles (13%) ask for a specific AI skill; tools named include Claude, CUDA, LangChain/LangGraph, GitHub Copilot.
- Of the 57 open roles that state where the work happens, 6 remote, 51 on-site.
- Among open roles, 235 say the employer cannot sponsor a visa.
- 20% of its roles post a salary range, against a median of 7% for Manufacturing & Industrial employers.
- 84 roles were posted in the last 7 days; the median open role was posted 14 days ago.
- By open professional roles, Caterpillar ranks #4 of 368 Manufacturing & Industrial employers we track.
What Caterpillar asks for
Skills named most often in open roles
- project management 86
- logistics 64
- supply chain 63
- lean 56
- python 52
- procurement 43
- agile 37
- excel 36
- c++ 32
- ci/cd 32
AI tools named: Claude (7), CUDA (6), LangChain/LangGraph (6), GitHub Copilot (5), AWS Bedrock (4), Microsoft Copilot (M365) (4).
Entry-level roles, in the employer’s words
Phrases from open postings that say people without experience are welcome or that training is provided.
- “Candidates do not need experience across all three focus areas, but should bring strong manufacturing engineering, process development, project execution, and p…”Manufacturing Engineer – Sanford Advanced Manufacturing
- “…nt Leadership and Technical Development Program (LTDP) is a three-year rotational program designed to accelerate development of entry-level talent and provide a…”2027 Leadership & Technical Development Program (LTDP) - Procurement (training provided)
How Caterpillar compares with Manufacturing & Industrial employers
| Measure | Caterpillar | Median employer |
|---|---|---|
| Open professional roles | 414 | 38 |
| Roles that post a salary range | 20% | 7% |
Median across 368 Manufacturing & Industrial employers with 3 or more open roles. Updated daily.
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What Caterpillar pays
Across 124 postings with a posted range, pay is above the market range for the same roles. 20% of its roles post a salary range.
| Level | Function | Typical posted range | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| IC | Engineering | $97,530–$146,290 | 11 |
| IC | Data & Analytics | $120,590–$195,955 | 2 |
| IC | Various | $97,035–$151,435 | 2 |
Only salary ranges the employer posted. No estimates.
Common questions
- Is Caterpillar hiring?
- Caterpillar has 394 open professional roles on its career site as of the last check. 613 opened in the last 90 days and 613 in the last 12 months. The most common function is engineering.
- How well does Caterpillar pay?
- Across 124 postings with a posted salary range, Caterpillar's pay is above the market range for the same roles. We compare each posted range with the market range for the same title, function and area.
- Does Caterpillar hire entry-level candidates?
- Yes. 151 of Caterpillar's 414 open roles (36%) are entry-level or early-career; 1 of them say people without experience are welcome and 1 describe structured training. Entry-level means roughly 0 to 3 years of experience, read from the title, the employer and the full posting.
- Does Caterpillar offer remote or hybrid jobs?
- Of the 57 open roles that state where the work happens, 6 remote, 51 on-site.
- What skills does Caterpillar ask for?
- Across its open roles the skills named most often are project management (86), logistics (64), supply chain (63), lean (56), python (52), procurement (43).
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