Occupational Employment and Wages, 2002

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)
7,280	3.8 %	$11.41	$23,730	1.6 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$6.81	$8.14	$10.21	$13.79	$18.49
Annual Wage (2)	$14,160	$16,920	$21,240	$28,680	$38,460

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	2,380	$9.31	$19,370	1	13
Dairy product manufacturing	1,500	$14.24	$29,610	2	4
Beverage manufacturing	730	$11.48	$23,880	3	10
Seafood product preparation and packaging	650	$8.26	$17,190	4	14
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty	590	$11.45	$23,820	5	11

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing	(6)	$16.89	$35,130	(6)	1
Warehousing and storage	150	$16.27	$33,850	7	2
Rubber product manufacturing	30	$14.53	$30,220	12	3
Dairy product manufacturing	1,500	$14.24	$29,610	2	4
Colleges and universities	30	$14.17	$29,470	10	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	760	$8.05	$16,740	0.070%	566
Arkansas	440	$9.42	$19,580	0.039%	501
Vermont	50	$13.40	$27,870	0.017%	305
Oregon	180	$12.63	$26,280	0.012%	460
Washington	240	$12.88	$26,790	0.009%	528

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
Michigan	130	$16.15	$33,600	0.003%	382
Massachusetts	90	$15.24	$31,700	0.003%	444
Colorado	80	$14.53	$30,220	0.004%	407
Ohio	380	$14.20	$29,540	0.007%	434
Wisconsin	110	$14.20	$29,530	0.004%	423

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
Salinas, CA MSA	80	$13.80	$28,710	0.053%
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL MSA	30	$13.13	$27,300	0.029%
Lancaster, PA MSA	60	$16.56	$34,450	0.027%
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA MSA	40	$12.98	$26,990	0.025%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA	40	$11.47	$23,850	0.022%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
Detroit, MI PMSA	(6)	$19.77	$41,120	(6)
Lancaster, PA MSA	60	$16.56	$34,450	0.027%
Atlanta, GA MSA	90	$14.97	$31,140	0.004%
Chicago, IL PMSA	110	$14.94	$31,080	0.003%
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA	40	$14.63	$30,440	0.001%

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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) Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for 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.

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Last Modified Date: November 26, 2003