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Industries / Pharmaceutical & Medicine Manufacturing

Significant Points

(Abstract from Industry Outlook)

Pharmaceutical & Medicine Manufacturing

	More than 6 out of 10 workers have a bachelor’s, master’s, professional, or Ph.D. degree-more than twice the proportion for all industries combined.

	Nearly 47 percent of all jobs are in large establishments employing more than 1,000 workers.

	Earnings are much higher than those in other manufacturing industries.

	This industry ranks among the fastest growing manufacturing industries.

Industry Description


	This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) manufacturing biological and medicinal products; (2) processing (i.e., grading, grinding, and milling) botanical drugs and herbs; (3) isolating active medicinal principals from botanical drugs and herbs; and (4) manufacturing pharmaceutical products intended for internal and external consumption in such forms as ampoules, tablets, capsules, vials, ointments, powders, solutions, and suspensions.



	Source: MyPlan.com L.L.C. 2019, U.S. Census Bureau, 2018

Industry Subsectors

	Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing

	Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing

	In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing

	Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing

Top Ten Careers

U.S. National Figures.

Pharmaceutical & Medicine Manufacturing
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	26,130
Chemists	16,530
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	14,110
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	13,430
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	13,370
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	11,730
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	9,540
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	8,190
Biological Scientists	8,080
Industrial Engineers	6,690

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