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Production manager jobs in Kirklees
The 2021 census counted 5,045 residents working as production managers and directors living in Kirklees.
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Published figures for Kirklees
What the official data says about Kirklees
The census in 2021 recorded that, 5,045 people living in Kirklees were in work as production managers and directors. It was 2.65% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Kirklees 3rd of 15 areas in the Yorkshire and The Humber, where the middle area recorded 2,989. Leeds was the next area up.
Full-time pay across all jobs in Kirklees, every occupation counted together, had a median of £33,613. That is 13th of 15 in the Yorkshire and The Humber, against a regional middle of £34,966. Work of this kind pays £51,524 across the region, which is £17,911 more than the typical Kirklees job, about 53% above it.
Manufacturing is the one sector where the work cannot move to the worker: Kirklees had 5,100 employee jobs in architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing in 2024, out of 162,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 3.15% of every job here, that ranks 2nd of 15 in the Yorkshire and The Humber, where the middle area sits at 2.73%.
- Residents in work as production managers (SOC 112)
- 5,045
- Median full-time pay for production managers across the Yorkshire and The Humber
- £51,524
- Employee jobs in the area in architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing
- 5,100
- Architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing, share of all employee jobs in the area
- 3.15%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £33,613
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 190,086
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 162,000
The production manager role
Running a manufacturing operation: output, quality, safety, cost, and the shift teams delivering all four at once while something breaks.
Production manager jobs in Kirklees: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in Kirklees?
5,045 residents of Kirklees were in work as production managers at the 2021 census, which was 2.65% of everyone in work there. That counts people who live in the area, whether or not they work there, and it is not a count of current vacancies.
What does this work pay around Kirklees?
Across the Yorkshire and The Humber, £51,524 is the median for production managers. In Kirklees itself the median across all occupations together is £33,613. ONS publishes pay by occupation for regions rather than for single councils, so the first figure covers the whole region. What any particular advert pays is on the advert.
Is there much of this work based in Kirklees?
5,100 of the 162,000 employee jobs in Kirklees are in the industries this role sits in, on the 2024 business survey. That counts jobs located in the area rather than people living there, and it is a count of jobs that exist, not of jobs being advertised.