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
Central Minnesota N/A24N/A$0.65/hrN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
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.


Other Regional Data For Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Southeast Minnesota 240 $23.46/hr N/A
Southwest Minnesota 80 $17.65/hr 3.8%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 40 $17.62/hr 4.2%
Northwest Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Central Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
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Tasks for Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders