Manufacturing Engineer
3M
Lowell, MA · $82k–$113k a year · Posted November 5, 2026
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Where Lowell, MA ranks
Where Lowell, MA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #3Best cities for mid-career professionals in New England57% · of 28
- #5Cities with the most hybrid jobs in New England19% · of 27
- #9Best cities for AI-skill jobs in New England12% · of 28
- #9Best cities for mid-career professionals in the Northeast57% · of 70
- #12Cities with the most hybrid jobs in the Northeast19% · of 69
- #13Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Northeast12% · of 70
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $97,500 a year. Across 418 open manufacturing engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $88,000 to $126,000 and the median is $102,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 5% below the median.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among industrial engineers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for industrial engineers: 4% (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.
3M has filed one layoff notice in the last twelve months, covering 62 workers, most recently October 2026. These are public filings with state labor departments, and an open role can sit alongside them. See the filings
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About the job
3M is looking for a mid-level Manufacturing Engineer who can turn agile ideas about Public Speaking into something a customer never has to think about. At 3M, $82,000 - $113,000 buys a mid-level seat, but 5 years of Networking buys you the ownership that comes with it....