Manufacturing & Supply Chain Skills in Demand

These roles plan, make and move physical goods. Postings focus on process improvement, quality and the planning systems a plant or supply network runs on, and few of them can be done remotely.

We analyzed 69 U.S. job descriptions from 18 employers for Manufacturing & Supply Chain roles. The most requested skills were Excel (23%), OSHA (14%) and Supply chain (13%).

2,173open U.S. roles tracked
3 yearstypical experience asked for

Business tools

  • Excel23%

Operations

  • OSHA14%
  • Supply chain13%
  • Root cause analysis12%

Hardware

  • Electrical systems7%

Updated November 7, 2026, using job descriptions collected since October 10, 2026. Shares show how many of the sampled descriptions mention a skill, so a low share can still be a firm requirement in the roles that list it. We sample a limited number of descriptions per employer so that no single company dominates, and we only report figures backed by several employers. Advertised pay comes from a different group of roles than H1B filings, so the two are not directly comparable.

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