250+ Manufacturing & Construction Jobs in Philadelphia, PA

Observed local pay is more modest than many postings suggest: BLS puts Philadelphia construction and extraction occupations at a $28.76 median hourly wage and $59,830 median annual wage, while local electricians averaged $86,470 annually. Proxy signals from recent postings are higher, centering on about $90k to $128k for salaried roles and about $25 to $32 / hour for hourly roles.

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Advertised pay

Across the 170 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $45,760 at the 25th percentile, $55,640 at the median and $69,753 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a balanced market, not a boom: Philadelphia metro mining, logging, and construction employment was 127.7 thousand in June 2026 and still down 1.0% from a year earlier. But the broader metro labor market was healthier, with unemployment at 4.1% and total employment up 2.0513% year over year, which supports ongoing replacement hiring and project-based demand. Openings are still present, but they are concentrated: Pennsylvania postings for this occupation family were up 9.3% year over year, and the local sample captured more than 3,400 openings across more than 1,200 companies over the last 90 days, led mostly by construction-linked work rather than a broad factory hiring wave.

Best positioned: Licensed or clearly experienced candidates who can work on-site, drive to jobs, and show project management, troubleshooting, or blueprint-reading skills have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not read the metro's higher posted salary bands as typical pay for every trade role; the sample includes higher-paid management and engineering-adjacent postings, while government wage data for local construction and extraction jobs is much lower.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 285 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Cbre: 12 open roles
2. Galman Group: 6 open roles
3. Jefferson Health: 6 open roles
4. Jefferson Health: 6 open roles
5. Callharrisnow: 5 open roles
6. Integration International: 4 open roles
7. Jefferson Health Plans: 4 open roles
8. OnTrac: 4 open roles
9. Pitney Bowes OY: 4 open roles
10. Walmart Inc.: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Philadelphia: 52
• King of Prussia: 14
• Camden: 12
• Hatfield: 9
• Chester: 7
• Levittown: 7
• Wilmington: 6
• West Chester: 6

Work arrangement

on-site 275 (99%), hybrid 3 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in construction-led employers and projects, not spread evenly across the whole category. In the last 90 days, the local sample captured more than 3,400 postings across more than 1,200 companies, with about 55% of postings in construction, about 10% in engineering, about 10% in manufacturing, about 10% in real estate, and about 5% in healthcare. That mix favors candidates who can operate in jobsite, facility, or contractor environments and prove practical execution skills such as project management, troubleshooting, AutoCAD, plumbing, blueprint reading, preventative maintenance, or safety compliance. Openings are also not dominated by one employer. Hiring in the sample is fragmented, though Jacobs Engineering Group and WSP Global Inc. show the steadiest visible demand, which is useful because losing one bidder does not erase the whole market. A second concentration point is work style. About 85% of the sampled roles are on-site, and the seniority mix leans mid-career rather than entry-level, so applicants who insist on remote work or who market themselves too generally will feel the market as much tighter than it looks.

• Construction contractors and engineering partners (high): This is the center of gravity locally, with construction representing about 55% of postings and engineering about 10%.
• Facilities, property, and healthcare operations (moderate): Real estate accounts for about 10% of the local mix and healthcare about 5%, which creates a smaller but steadier lane for maintenance, service, and building-support talent.
• Manufacturing floor and production support (limited): Manufacturing is present, but only about 10% of local postings sit there, and the metro manufacturing employment figure available here is older than the construction series.

Where to focus: Focus first on construction-led and facility-maintenance employers where on-site work, project management, troubleshooting, and a valid driver's license matter immediately.

Roles worth searching next

• Facilities coordinator: It uses maintenance awareness, vendor management, and site problem-solving without requiring you to stay in a pure trade lane.
• Service dispatcher or scheduler: It fits people who know field workflows and can translate technician needs into routing, customer updates, and job completion.
• CAD or BIM technician: It is a practical move for trade workers who already read plans and want a more design-linked path.
• Inventory or warehouse operations coordinator: Manufacturing and service backgrounds often transfer well through parts control, materials flow, and equipment tracking.

What postings ask for

• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most commonly named credential in the local sample, and that fits a market where about 85% of roles are on-site. Who: Entry-level applicants, field-service candidates, and anyone crossing from warehouse or operations work.
• Project management (premium | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill locally at about 15%, and it lines up with the higher salaried part of the market. Who: Mid-career tradespeople, foremen, coordinators, and candidates trying to move into salaried roles.
• Troubleshooting (table_stakes | immediate): It shows up across about 10% of local postings and travels well across maintenance, manufacturing, and field-service contexts. Who: Maintenance techs, production techs, HVAC, electrical, and repair-oriented candidates.
• AutoCAD (differentiator | near-term): AutoCAD appears in about 10% of local postings, making it one of the clearest bridges between hands-on work and engineering-linked roles. Who: Electricians, estimators, site coordinators, and career switchers aiming for CAD-adjacent jobs.
• Blueprint reading (differentiator | immediate): It is explicitly requested in the local sample and helps employers trust that you can work from plans instead of needing constant direction. Who: Entry-level candidates and switchers who need a fast credibility boost.
• Preventative maintenance (differentiator | near-term): It appears in local postings and aligns with a national growth outlook for industrial machinery mechanics, machinery maintenance workers, and millwrights. Who: Manufacturing, facilities, and equipment-service candidates.

Questions about this market

What do Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles pay in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?

Observed local pay is more modest than many postings suggest: BLS puts Philadelphia construction and extraction occupations at a $28.76 median hourly wage and $59,830 median annual wage, while local electricians averaged $86,470 annually. Proxy signals from recent postings are higher, centering on about $90k to $128k for salaried roles and about $25 to $32 / hour for hourly roles. That gap usually means the posting mix is pulling in supervisors, project managers, engineering-linked roles, and larger employers alongside frontline trades, so the headline posted range is not the typical rate for every applicant.

Where is demand for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in construction-led employers and projects, not spread evenly across the whole category. In the last 90 days, the local sample captured more than 3,400 postings across more than 1,200 companies, with about 55% of postings in construction, about 10% in engineering, about 10% in manufacturing, about 10% in real estate, and about 5% in healthcare. That mix favors candidates who can operate in jobsite, facility, or contractor environments and prove practical execution skills such as project management, troubleshooting, AutoCAD, plumbing, blueprint reading, preventative maintenance, or safety compliance. Openings are also not dominated by one employer. Hiring in the sample is fragmented, though Jacobs Engineering Group and WSP Global Inc. show the steadiest visible demand, which is useful because losing one bidder does not erase the whole market. A second concentration point is work style. About 85% of the sampled roles are on-site, and the seniority mix leans mid-career rather than entry-level, so applicants who insist on remote work or who market themselves too generally will feel the market as much tighter than it looks.

Which employers are hiring the most Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services talent in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?

Recent postings show the most activity from Jacobs Engineering Group (100 postings), WSP Global Inc. (40 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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.

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