Manufacturing Jobs in Columbus, OH

Observed local government pay data is decent but not uniform across the category. In Columbus, the 2025 annual median wage was $66,830 for construction and extraction occupations and $61,010 for installation, maintenance, and repair occupations; the 25th-to-75th percentile bands ran from $50,990 to $80,730 and from $47,430 to $76,700, respectively. In the current posting sample, listed pay centered on about $70k to $100k for salary roles and about $25 to $32 / hour for hourly roles, which should be treated as directional rather than a metrowide average.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 143 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $42,120 at the 25th percentile, $55,120 at the median and $69,040 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Favorable market | next 3-6 months

Columbus is a favorable market right now if you are targeting construction trades, maintenance, or field-heavy roles rather than generic factory work. Metro unemployment was 3.3% in August 2026, Columbus construction employment reached 72.8 thousand and was up 16.1085% year over year, while manufacturing employment was 77.3 thousand and only up 0.3896%. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 1,200 postings across more than 600 companies, with construction making up about 50% of the mix and hiring fragmented across employers. The catch is that Ohio-wide manufacturing, construction & field services employment was down 1.3% year over year and active postings were down 1.8% year over year in September, so this is a good local market but not a uniformly easy statewide cycle.

Best positioned: Your best odds are in on-site roles that combine trade execution with safety discipline, blueprint reading, troubleshooting, and a valid driver's license.

Main caution: Do not assume a long list of openings means easy hiring; national construction openings were up 18% year over year, but the construction hires rate was 3.7% and the lowest August rate in the series' 26-year history.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 251 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Ackermann Group: 8 open roles
2. Avery Dennison Corporation: 6 open roles
3. Anomatic: 5 open roles
4. AEP: 4 open roles
5. Lviusa: 4 open roles
6. Terex Corporation: 4 open roles
7. Yoder Electric Inc: 4 open roles
8. A Better Way ABA: 3 open roles
9. American Regent, Inc.: 3 open roles
10. First Solar Inc.: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Columbus: 106
• New Albany: 22
• Grove City: 14
• Groveport: 11
• Reynoldsburg: 9
• Dublin: 8
• Hilliard: 7
• Lewis Center: 6

Work arrangement

on-site 248 (100%), hybrid 1 (0%)

Where the demand is

Opportunities are concentrated first in construction-led work. In the local posting mix, construction accounts for about 50% of category postings, real estate about 15%, manufacturing about 10%, and facilities services about 5%. Columbus construction employment was 72.8 thousand in August 2026 and up 16.1085% year over year, which is much stronger than the broader Ohio proxy for the category. A second pocket is building systems and service work tied to HVAC, plumbing, electrical, maintenance, and facilities coverage. The most-requested hard skills in the local sample include troubleshooting, safety compliance, plumbing, blueprint reading, preventive maintenance, and quality control. A third pocket sits around large-project ecosystems and specialty manufacturing support: among the most consistently active employers were Bechtel, Comfort Systems USA, REV Group, United States Army Reserve, and Yoder Electric, and Bechtel was separately advertising construction, commissioning, project-controls, offsite-manufacturing, supply-chain, environmental, and safety roles tied to Project Cardinal.

• Large-project construction and project support (high): Semiconductor and other major-site work is pulling in construction, commissioning, project-controls, offsite-manufacturing, supply-chain, environmental, and safety roles; Bechtel's Project Cardinal activity is the clearest recent example.
• Building systems, maintenance, and field service (high): Local postings repeatedly ask for troubleshooting, safety compliance, plumbing, blueprint reading, and preventive maintenance, which favors HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and maintenance candidates who can work across occupied facilities.
• Manufacturing operations and production support (moderate): Manufacturing employment was 77.3 thousand in August 2026 and up 0.3896% year over year, so factory work is present, but the local posting mix is smaller than construction at about 10% of the category.
• Public and infrastructure-adjacent repair work (moderate): School roof work and a proposed multi-line power project point to episodic demand in roofing, civil, and utility-adjacent construction, but these opportunities are more project-specific and less broad-based.

Where to focus: Prioritize construction-led employers and building-systems contractors first, then use manufacturing or project-support roles as secondary lanes.

Roles worth searching next

• Project controls coordinator: Large local projects are hiring project-controls alongside field and construction roles, so experienced foremen, estimators, and site leads can pivot toward schedule and cost coordination.
• Quality assurance inspector or coordinator: Quality roles are being hired alongside construction and manufacturing support roles, and quality control is also in the local skill mix.
• Environmental health and safety coordinator: Project work is pulling in environmental and safety roles, and safety compliance is one of the most requested local skills.
• Supply chain or materials coordinator: Major project employers are pairing field hiring with supply-chain and offsite-manufacturing roles, making this a realistic move for candidates who understand jobsite sequencing and parts flow.

What postings ask for

• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): It is one of the most-requested skills in local postings, so it travels across construction, maintenance, and field roles. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level applicants and career switchers.
• Blueprint reading (differentiator | immediate): Blueprint reading is repeatedly requested locally and helps separate candidates who can work with less supervision. Who: Entry-level candidates trying to move beyond helper roles, plus mid-career tradespeople targeting lead work.
• Troubleshooting (differentiator | immediate): It is one of the top hard skills in local postings and is especially useful in maintenance and field-service hiring. Who: Maintenance techs, field service candidates, and career switchers with diagnostic experience.
• Preventive maintenance (differentiator | near-term): Preventive maintenance shows up in the local skill mix and helps position you for steadier building and equipment roles, not just emergency work. Who: Maintenance and manufacturing candidates.
• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most commonly cited credential requirement in the local sample, which fits a market dominated by on-site work. Who: Anyone targeting field service, install, maintenance, or multi-site work.
• BIM (differentiator | near-term): BIM is now a baseline expectation across much of construction in 2026, especially in coordination-heavy environments. Who: Estimators, superintendents, project engineers, and tradespeople moving toward coordination roles.

Questions about this market

What do Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles pay in Columbus, OH?

Observed local government pay data is decent but not uniform across the category. In Columbus, the 2025 annual median wage was $66,830 for construction and extraction occupations and $61,010 for installation, maintenance, and repair occupations; the 25th-to-75th percentile bands ran from $50,990 to $80,730 and from $47,430 to $76,700, respectively. In the current posting sample, listed pay centered on about $70k to $100k for salary roles and about $25 to $32 / hour for hourly roles, which should be treated as directional rather than a metrowide average. This is a market where skilled trades can earn solid middle-income pay, but the premium is not automatic. Broad BLS benchmarks put construction and extraction at $33.55 per hour versus $32.34 across all occupations in Columbus, while installation, maintenance, and repair came in at $30.67 per hour.

Where is demand for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Columbus, OH concentrated?

Opportunities are concentrated first in construction-led work. In the local posting mix, construction accounts for about 50% of category postings, real estate about 15%, manufacturing about 10%, and facilities services about 5%. Columbus construction employment was 72.8 thousand in August 2026 and up 16.1085% year over year, which is much stronger than the broader Ohio proxy for the category. A second pocket is building systems and service work tied to HVAC, plumbing, electrical, maintenance, and facilities coverage. The most-requested hard skills in the local sample include troubleshooting, safety compliance, plumbing, blueprint reading, preventive maintenance, and quality control. A third pocket sits around large-project ecosystems and specialty manufacturing support: among the most consistently active employers were Bechtel, Comfort Systems USA, REV Group, United States Army Reserve, and Yoder Electric, and Bechtel was separately advertising construction, commissioning, project-controls, offsite-manufacturing, supply-chain, environmental, and safety roles tied to Project Cardinal.

Which employers are hiring the most Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services talent in Columbus, OH?

Recent postings show the most activity from Bechtel (more than 30 postings), Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (around 20 postings), REV Group (around 20 postings), United States Army Reserve (around 20 postings), Yoder Electric Inc (around 15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Columbus, OH be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 4% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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