Occupational Employment and Wages, November 2003

51-3093 Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products. Exclude "Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders" (51-3091).

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
Metropolitan area profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
38,780 2.6 % $10.74 $22,330 0.8 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $6.98 $8.11 $10.05 $12.77 $16.13
Annual Wage (2) $14,510 $16,880 $20,910 $26,550 $33,560

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty 5,130 $12.05 $25,070
Animal slaughtering and processing 4,970 $10.58 $22,000
Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing 4,880 $12.05 $25,070
Other food manufacturing 2,960 $10.79 $22,430
Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing 1,790 $11.85 $24,660

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Warehousing and storage 60 $14.94 $31,080
Grain and oilseed milling 570 $14.59 $30,340
Dairy product manufacturing 1,540 $13.95 $29,020
Tobacco manufacturing (7) $13.39 $27,850
Beverage manufacturing 130 $12.85 $26,730

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Florida 7,390 $9.66 $20,090 0.102%
Idaho 490 $11.54 $24,010 0.087%
Nebraska 680 $11.96 $24,870 0.077%
Utah 640 $12.07 $25,100 0.061%
Arkansas 650 $9.86 $20,510 0.058%

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
South Carolina 560 $13.82 $28,740 0.032%
Pennsylvania 1,380 $12.78 $26,580 0.025%
Illinois 2,220 $12.75 $26,510 0.039%
Wisconsin 1,220 $12.70 $26,420 0.045%
South Dakota 150 $12.37 $25,730 0.041%

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA 200 $8.72 $18,150 0.205%
Janesville-Beloit, WI MSA 110 $13.22 $27,490 0.168%
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA 750 $9.88 $20,550 0.146%
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA MSA 110 $10.45 $21,730 0.137%
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ PMSA 80 (7) (7) 0.136%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA 240 $17.09 $35,550 0.052%
Albuquerque, NM MSA 50 $16.72 $34,790 0.014%
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA 150 $15.49 $32,210 0.016%
Reno, NV MSA 30 $15.01 $31,230 0.015%
Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 510 $14.08 $29,280 0.022%

About November 2003 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable Excel files(XLS).

Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(7) Estimates not released.

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Last Modified Date: April 19, 2005