DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-9193 Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

Occupational Description:
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.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 10 - Southeast 240105$23.71/hr$0.99/hr$20.30/hr$21.48/hr$23.46/hr$25.60/hr$29.52/hr
Minnesota 420113$21.70/hr$0.74/hr$15.32/hr$17.97/hr$21.89/hr$25.05/hr$29.15/hr
U S 8,740367$18.06/hr$0.20/hr$11.43/hr$13.52/hr$17.22/hr$22.11/hr$26.36/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing240$23.46/hr
Other Regional Data For Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 10 - Southeast 240 $23.46/hr N/A
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 40 $17.62/hr N/A
EDR 7E- East Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 7W- Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 9 - South Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 5 - North Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 4 - West Central N/A N/A N/A
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