How Much Do Food Machine Operators Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.

Salary
$35370
Becoming One
Easy
Education
No degree required
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth
Low

Personality



Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$35370 per year
Hourly wage
$17 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$22,530 to $27,060 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$11 to $13 per hour

Entry-level Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $22,530 to $27,060 per year or $11 to $13 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
D

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $25 $52,940
Senior (Top 25%) $20 $41,410
Middle (Mid 50%) $16 $32,480
Junior (Bottom 25%) $13 $27,060
No experience (Bottom 10%) $11 $22,530

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
NC $23 $47,560
IA $22 $46,690
OK $21 $43,070
KY $20 $41,600
MT $20 $41,050
AZ $20 $41,030
ND $19 $39,940
MD $19 $39,760
TN $19 $39,710
ME $19 $39,700

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking and Drying Machine Operator and Tender is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like NC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at NC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Food Machine Operators are in the states of NC, IA, OK, KY and MT.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Tobacco Manufacturing $52240 $25.12
Grain and Oilseed Milling $45680 $21.96
Dairy Product Manufacturing $40920 $19.67
Restaurants and Other Eating Places $40770 $19.60
Animal Food Manufacturing $37970 $18.25
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods $36220 $17.41
Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing $35910 $17.27
Other Food Manufacturing $35190 $16.92
Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging $34960 $16.81
Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing $34790 $16.73
Support Activities for Crop Production $34680 $16.67
Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing $33070 $15.90
Animal Slaughtering and Processing $32470 $15.61
Employment Services $31790 $15.29
Food and Beverage Stores $25240 $12.13

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