Quality Manager
Deanna Nesbit & Associates
Rockford, IL · Posted October 18, 2026
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Where Rockford, IL ranks
Where Rockford, IL placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for junior jobs in Illinois39% · of 17
- #7Best college towns for junior jobs in the Great Lakes41% · of 39
- #8Best cities for junior jobs in the Great Lakes39% · of 53
- #10Best college towns for junior jobs in the Midwest41% · of 51
- #10Best cities for junior jobs in the Midwest39% · of 69
- #14Cities where the biggest share of jobs do not need a four-year degree in the Great Lakes17% · of 39
Rankings about operations jobs
- Best cities for operations jobs #1 New York (1,429 openings)
- Best cities for operations pay after cost of living #1 Reston ($177k)
- Most requested AI skills in operations jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (2.5%)
- AI tools named most often in operations jobs #1 Claude (0.28%)
- Employers with the most operations jobs #1 Amazon (1,480 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 66 open quality manager listings that state pay, the middle half runs $103,000 to $140,000 and the median is $117,000.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among industrial production managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for industrial production managers: 1% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
An established manufacturing organization in the Greater Rockford, Illinois, area is seeking an experienced Quality Manager to lead quality assurance, strengthen manufacturing processes, and drive con