Salary range
$47,990 - $190,480
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Certified in Production and Inventory Management
Production and inventory planning credential with the strongest fit to manufacturing and plant execution roles.
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Last updated
May 22, 2026
Role mapping
Industrial Production Managers
Plant and factory leadership roles that connect directly to CPIM, Lean, Six Sigma, and supplier-quality study paths.
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Scheduling and planning support roles that matter for inventory, production, replenishment, and execution-heavy study paths.
Logisticians
End-to-end supply chain planning, network design, and flow optimization roles that sit at the center of credentials such as CSCP, SCMP, SCPro, and CSCM.
How to use this certification page
1. Benchmark the pay ceiling
Use the national 10th to 90th percentile range above to sanity-check whether this exam supports the level of role you want next.
2. Compare top states
The state leaderboard combines the strongest published wage markets across the mapped occupation set for this certification path.
3. Open employer targets
Once you know the role family, jump into the job board with the exam filter turned on and open the live career pages in a new tab.
Top-paying states across the mapped role set
Each row shows the occupation that produced the published wage benchmark for that state.
| State | Occupation | Annual mean wage | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | Industrial Production Managers | $154,920 | 390 |
| New Jersey | Industrial Production Managers | $154,520 | 5,690 |
| Wyoming | Industrial Production Managers | $152,640 | 330 |
| Washington | Industrial Production Managers | $145,570 | 4,170 |
| Colorado | Industrial Production Managers | $145,440 | 1,600 |
| District of Columbia | Logisticians | $112,370 | 1,250 |
| Delaware | Logisticians | $101,260 | 660 |
| Maryland | Logisticians | $99,570 | 7,270 |
| Hawaii | Logisticians | $97,560 | 490 |
| Washington | Logisticians | $97,510 | 4,380 |
Next step after reading the salary context
Use the job board to identify employers in your preferred sector, then come back to the occupation pages to compare salary upside between the role families that value this credential most.
Source: Source: bls.gov (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS occupation profiles, May 2023 public data)
Last updated: May 22, 2026. Salary geography snippets currently reflect BLS May 2023 occupation profiles.