450+ Manufacturing & Construction Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

The strongest direct local pay anchors are BLS mean wages of $37.07/hour for construction and extraction and $33.96/hour for installation, maintenance, and repair in May 2025. Recent metro postings were much wider: hourly listings centered on about $25 to $32 / hour, while salaried listings centered on about $105k to $146k, reflecting a mix that includes many supervisory and project-led jobs.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 398 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $49,920 at the 25th percentile, $57,335 at the median and $76,758 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Los Angeles still has a big base of relevant work, with 252,500 construction jobs and 445,600 manufacturing jobs in July 2026, and we observed more than 5,900 related postings across more than 2,000 companies over the last 90 days. But this is not an easy market to win by spraying applications: in California, employment for this occupation family was down 1.4% year-over-year in August 2026 even as active postings were up 1.5%, which usually means employers are still advertising but filling selectively. The best pockets right now appear to be electrical, mechanical, HVAC, and project-led roles tied to data centers, logistics, healthcare modernization, and selected public works rather than broad-based commercial expansion.

Best positioned: Your best odds are as an experienced electrician, HVAC tech, maintenance lead, field supervisor, or construction-manager candidate who can show project management, blueprint reading, troubleshooting, safety compliance, and a clean driving record.

Main caution: Do not assume the market is uniformly hot just because there are many postings; pay and demand are concentrated in specialized or supervisory roles, and general applicants can still face a slow search.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 465 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC: 18 open roles
2. Equityapartments: 8 open roles
3. Essex Property Trust, Inc.: 6 open roles
4. Lviusa: 6 open roles
5. Trojan Battery Company: 6 open roles
6. Western National Group: 6 open roles
7. : 5 open roles
8. Avalon Communities LLC: 5 open roles
9. Bridgestone Americas, Inc.: 5 open roles
10. Precision Castparts Corp.: 5 open roles

Where the openings are

• Los Angeles: 91
• Huntington Beach: 23
• Irvine: 21
• Anaheim: 20
• Long Beach: 19
• Santa Ana: 16
• Santa Fe Springs: 15
• Ontario: 14

Work arrangement

on-site 442 (98%), hybrid 7 (2%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is broad but not evenly distributed. Over the last 90 days, we observed more than 5,900 postings across more than 2,000 companies, and the employer base was fragmented rather than dominated by one firm. The local mix leaned heavily toward construction at about 60% of postings, followed by real estate at about 15%, manufacturing at about 10%, and civil engineering and engineering at about 5% each. That means the easiest way into this market is usually not "manufacturing" in the abstract; it is targeting the active pockets where funded projects or route-based service work still need people. Current Southern California signals point to electrical and mechanical trades for data centers, logistics, healthcare modernization, and selected public works, while general nonresidential growth is weaker outside those pockets. The named employer mix also leans toward engineering, civil, and large-project environments such as Jacobs Engineering Group, WSP Global Inc., AECOM Corporation, HDR, Inc., Mott MacDonald Group, and VCI Construction, LLC, with some industrial presence from Spacex. HVAC service work also looks more durable than a full hiring freeze narrative would suggest, with APLA Construction actively marketing installation, replacement, and repair coverage across multiple Los Angeles-area neighborhoods in August 2026.

• Project-led construction, civil, and public-works teams (high): This is the biggest visible pool, with construction making up about 60% of sampled postings and active employer names including Jacobs Engineering Group, WSP Global Inc., AECOM Corporation, HDR, Inc., Mott MacDonald Group, and VCI Construction, LLC.
• Electrical, mechanical, HVAC, and service-heavy specialty work (high): Local demand is most clearly holding in electrical and mechanical trades tied to data centers, logistics, healthcare modernization, and selected public works, and local HVAC service coverage remains active.
• Pure manufacturing floor and production roles (moderate): Manufacturing is still meaningful, but it represented only about 10% of the sampled posting mix, so it looks like a smaller lane than construction and project-based field work right now.

Where to focus: Prioritize electrical/mechanical or project-led employers tied to infrastructure, healthcare, logistics, and public works before chasing generic commercial construction or broad production listings.

Roles worth searching next

• Facilities coordinator or building operations coordinator: Real estate accounts for about 15% of the local posting mix, and troubleshooting plus on-site building-service experience transfer well.
• CAD drafter or design technician: Civil engineering and engineering account for about 10% of the local mix combined, and AutoCAD plus blueprint reading are already requested in this market.
• Logistics or field operations coordinator: Logistics projects are one of the still-active demand pockets, and project management plus site coordination skills transfer well.
• Quality inspector or manufacturing quality technician: Manufacturing still represents about 10% of the local posting mix, and detail-oriented blueprint and safety skills carry over well.

What postings ask for

• Project management (premium | immediate): It is the single most common hard-skill signal in the metro sample at about 20%, and it lines up with the stronger-paying supervisor and construction-manager style postings. Who: Mid-career tradespeople, foremen, site supervisors, and candidates aiming at construction manager roles.
• Blueprint reading (differentiator | immediate): Blueprint reading appeared in about 10% of sampled postings and travels well across install, maintenance, construction, and engineering-adjacent roles. Who: Entry-level applicants who need a believable proof-of-readiness signal and career switchers moving from adjacent hands-on work.
• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Safety compliance showed up in about 10% of sampled postings, which makes it a baseline signal for site work and field reliability. Who: Anyone applying to on-site construction, maintenance, or field service roles.
• Troubleshooting (differentiator | immediate): Troubleshooting appeared in about 10% of postings and is especially useful in maintenance, HVAC, and service-heavy roles where employers need fast problem solving in the field. Who: Maintenance techs, HVAC candidates, career switchers from repair work, and field service applicants.
• AutoCAD (differentiator | near-term): AutoCAD showed up in about 5% of the local sample, which is not universal but can help you bridge toward engineering, drafting, and project-coordination environments. Who: Candidates who want to move off the tools part-time or pivot toward design-support and coordination work.
• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): It was one of the few recurring explicit requirements in the local postings sample, even though it appeared in less than 5% of listings. Who: Field service, route-based maintenance, and any applicant who may need to move between sites.

Questions about this market

What do Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

The strongest direct local pay anchors are BLS mean wages of $37.07/hour for construction and extraction and $33.96/hour for installation, maintenance, and repair in May 2025. Recent metro postings were much wider: hourly listings centered on about $25 to $32 / hour, while salaried listings centered on about $105k to $146k, reflecting a mix that includes many supervisory and project-led jobs. This is a market where skilled workers can earn solid pay, but Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim also runs about 13.6% above the U.S. average on cost of living, so decent nominal pay can still feel tight without steady hours, overtime, or a premium specialty.

Where is demand for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA concentrated?

Opportunity is broad but not evenly distributed. Over the last 90 days, we observed more than 5,900 postings across more than 2,000 companies, and the employer base was fragmented rather than dominated by one firm. The local mix leaned heavily toward construction at about 60% of postings, followed by real estate at about 15%, manufacturing at about 10%, and civil engineering and engineering at about 5% each. That means the easiest way into this market is usually not "manufacturing" in the abstract; it is targeting the active pockets where funded projects or route-based service work still need people. Current Southern California signals point to electrical and mechanical trades for data centers, logistics, healthcare modernization, and selected public works, while general nonresidential growth is weaker outside those pockets. The named employer mix also leans toward engineering, civil, and large-project environments such as Jacobs Engineering Group, WSP Global Inc., AECOM Corporation, HDR, Inc., Mott MacDonald Group, and VCI Construction, LLC, with some industrial presence from Spacex. HVAC service work also looks more durable than a full hiring freeze narrative would suggest, with APLA Construction actively marketing installation, replacement, and repair coverage across multiple Los Angeles-area neighborhoods in August 2026.

Which employers are hiring the most Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services talent in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Jacobs Engineering Group (75 postings), WSP Global Inc. (50 postings), Archinect (50 postings), AECOM Corporation (40 postings), HDR, Inc. (40 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 85% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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