Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2003

51-9193 Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

Operate or tend equipment, such as cooling and freezing units, refrigerators, batch freezers, and freezing tunnels, to cool or freeze products, food, blood plasma, and chemicals.

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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)
7,920	4.2 %	$11.46	$23,830	1.8 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$6.69	$8.14	$10.31	$13.95	$18.56
Annual Wage (2)	$13,910	$16,920	$21,450	$29,010	$38,610

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Animal slaughtering and processing	2,790	$9.56	$19,890	1	13
Dairy product manufacturing	1,680	$14.52	$30,200	2	3
Seafood product preparation and packaging	810	$8.30	$17,260	3	15
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty	560	$11.32	$23,550	4	12
Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing	160	$11.79	$24,520	5	9

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Warehousing and storage	90	$16.21	$33,710	7	1
Rubber product manufacturing	30	$14.67	$30,510	13	2
Dairy product manufacturing	1,680	$14.52	$30,200	2	3
Colleges and universities	40	$13.50	$28,090	12	4
Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing	90	$13.10	$27,240	8	5

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	Wage rank within State
Mississippi	810	$8.07	$16,790	0.075%	628
Arkansas	690	$9.68	$20,140	0.062%	529
Vermont	50	$13.76	$28,630	0.017%	311
Alabama	270	$9.11	$18,950	0.015%	607
Virginia	420	$9.28	$19,310	0.012%	667

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
Michigan	180	$16.18	$33,650	0.004%	422
Massachusetts	100	$15.85	$32,970	0.003%	459
Oregon	130	$15.12	$31,450	0.008%	381
Colorado	80	$14.64	$30,450	0.004%	446
Washington	290	$14.47	$30,110	0.011%	530

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
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR MSA	260	$9.32	$19,390	0.159%
Lancaster, PA MSA	90	$16.47	$34,250	0.041%
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA	250	$9.39	$19,540	0.036%
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL MSA	30	$13.34	$27,750	0.028%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA	50	$13.46	$28,000	0.027%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
Detroit, MI PMSA	80	$19.98	$41,570	0.004%
Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA	(6)	$18.09	$37,630	(6)
Lancaster, PA MSA	90	$16.47	$34,250	0.041%
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA	(6)	$15.66	$32,560	(6)
Chicago, IL PMSA	110	$14.47	$30,090	0.003%

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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.

(6) Estimates not released.

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Last Modified Date: May 7, 2004