Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
SOC 51-3091 · 2024-2034
Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $46,641per year
- Projected openings
- 2,090
- Projected change
- 0%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Operations Monitoring
- Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Operation and Control
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $55,957 | 160 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $51,545 | 40 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $45,865 | 310 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $43,922 | 130 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $43,737 | 90 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $43,122 | 40 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $40,670 | 70 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $40,670 | 130 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $40,567 | 170 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $40,157 | 100 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $39,059 | 100 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Batchmakers | $42,621 | 17,970 | +7.9% |
| Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders | $45,761 | 3,190 | 0% |
| Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | $54,117 | 14,400 | -4.8% |
| Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders | $46,180 | 2,970 | +3.8% |
| Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products | $37,314 | 11,300 | -5.7% |
| Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | $46,917 | 2,180 | -4.2% |