DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-3093 Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

Occupational Description:
Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products. Excludes ?Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders? (51-3091).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Southeast Minnesota N/A46$19.89/hr$0.92/hr$16.09/hr$17.13/hr$18.86/hr$22.48/hr$25.56/hr
Minnesota 38071$18.66/hr$0.63/hr$12.99/hr$15.52/hr$18.17/hr$21.98/hr$25.33/hr
U S 30,0301,201$15.77/hr$0.16/hr$10.83/hr$12.64/hr$15.18/hr$18.42/hr$21.98/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Other Regional Data For Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 220 $17.29/hr -0.4%
Central Minnesota 80 $18.69/hr 10.6%
Northwest Minnesota 60 $18.16/hr N/A
Southeast Minnesota N/A $18.86/hr N/A
Southwest Minnesota N/A N/A 4.3%
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Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and TendersN/A$17.39/hrN/A
Tasks for Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders