Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2006

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.

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)
10,050 4.7 % $12.48 $25,970 1.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $7.94 $9.52 $11.48 $15.20 $18.83
Annual Wage (2) $16,510 $19,810 $23,880 $31,620 $39,160

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Animal Slaughtering and Processing 3,830 $11.07 $23,040
Dairy Product Manufacturing 2,100 $15.11 $31,440
Beverage Manufacturing 1,130 $12.00 $24,960
Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing 850 $12.73 $26,480
Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging 440 $10.57 $21,990

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (8) $15.31 $31,850
Dairy Product Manufacturing 2,100 $15.11 $31,440
Full-Service Restaurants (8) $14.35 $29,850
Warehousing and Storage 100 $14.18 $29,490
Other Food Manufacturing 120 $13.07 $27,180

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all States with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Mississippi 1,010 $9.36 $19,460 0.091%
Arkansas 750 $10.51 $21,870 0.064%
Alaska 130 $12.20 $25,380 0.043%
Vermont 80 $11.46 $23,830 0.027%
Nebraska 150 $13.71 $28,520 0.017%

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Kentucky 90 $16.84 $35,030 0.005%
Ohio 270 $15.88 $33,020 0.005%
Michigan 180 $15.63 $32,510 0.004%
Indiana 330 $15.54 $32,330 0.011%
Washington 260 $15.46 $32,150 0.010%

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all Metropolitan areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

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

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Jackson, MS 100 $10.95 $22,780 0.040%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 110 $14.62 $30,410 0.035%
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 90 $9.59 $19,940 0.011%
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 100 $12.71 $26,430 0.010%
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 50 $11.51 $23,950 0.009%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
St. Louis, MO-IL (8) $17.52 $36,440 (8)
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 300 $16.95 $35,260 0.007%
Denver-Aurora, CO (8) $16.02 $33,330 (8)
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 60 $15.41 $32,050 0.004%
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 40 $14.73 $30,640 0.003%

About May 2006 National, State, Metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan 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.

(8) Estimate not released.

Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2006 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2006 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2006 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

List of Occupations in SOC Code Number Order

List of Occupations in Alphabetical Order

Download May 2006 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates in Zipped Excel files

Technical notes

 

Last Modified Date: December 6, 2007