Food cooking machine operators & tenders are most often employed by the Restaurants & Food Services industry. The average yearly wage for Food cooking machine operators & tenders was $22,912 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Food cooking machine operators & tenders by wage are Tellers, Receptionists & information clerks and Stock clerks & order fillers. Food cooking machine operators & tenders are part of the Production Occupations category, along with Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers; Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, & systems assemblers; Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers; Engine & other machine assemblers; Structural metal fabricators & fitters; and Miscellaneous assemblers & fabricators.
The top 3 locations that employ the most Food cooking machine operators & tenders are Jackrabbit Region PUMA, SD, Brockton City, Stoughton & Avon Towns PUMA, MA and York City & Shiloh PUMA, PA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Food cooking machine operators & tenders are Rock County PUMA, WI, N/A and N/A.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Food cooking machine operators & tenders and on wages and locations for those in the field. Restaurants & Food Services is the industry that employs the most Food cooking machine operators & tenders, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Food cooking machine operators & tenders, by average wage, is Bakeries & tortilla manufacturing, except retail bakeries. Food cooking machine operators & tenders are paid most in Rock County PUMA, WI but are relatively concentrated in Rock County PUMA, WI.
Demographic information on Food cooking machine operators & tenders in the US. The average age of male Food cooking machine operators & tenders in the workforce is 34.3 and of female Food cooking machine operators & tenders is 40, and the most common race/ethnicity for Food cooking machine operators & tenders is White.
Data on higher education choices for Food cooking machine operators & tenders from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Food cooking machine operators & tenders is Business but a relatively high number of Food cooking machine operators & tenders hold a major in Education.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Food cooking machine operators & tenders from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Food cooking machine operators & tenders need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring, Operation and Control, and Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Food cooking machine operators & tenders need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Operation and Control, and Operation Monitoring.
Projections on wages and job growth for Food cooking machine operators & tenders from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ten-year national workforce is projected to grow 7.4%, but Food cooking machine operators & tenders are expected to see a growth of 2.5% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow slower than the national average.